UN: ISIL holds several thousand blank passports, continues to pose evolving threat around the world
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“UN: ISIL holds several thousand blank passports”
NKWorld, 9 Feb 2018:
The United Nations has warned that fighters belonging to the Islamic State militant group may be using blank Syrian passports to cross borders.
The UN Security Council on Thursday released a report prepared by experts on the militant group and other terrorist organizations. It is based on information collected from local UN staff and governments of member states.
The report says the group has collected travel and identification documents from fighters coming from outside Syria and Iraq for potential use in travel. It also says the group has thousands of blank Syrian passports. It adds that they may be used by fighters seeking to return home or relocate.
The report also says the group continues to try to maintain and expand its influence despite recent setbacks in Iraq and Syria. It says the group is sending fighters and weapons to Libya and Somalia.
It also notes that the group obtains funds through systematic human trafficking.
The report says the group commands between 1,000 and 4,000 fighters in Afghanistan, including Afghan defectors from the Taliban as well as militant Islamist groups in Pakistan and Uzbekistan.
It warns that the Islamic State group continues to pose a significant and evolving threat around the world.
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