Over 200 People From Germany Fighting ISIS
MEP: More than 200 people have traveled from Germany to fight with Kurdish militias against Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) in Syria and Iraq, the Interior Ministry reported Monday.
Sixty-nine of the 204 fighters are German nationals, the ministry added in a statement on the issue which is particularly delicate for German-Turkish relations.
The official data did not include fighters for the Peshmerga, the armed forces of Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish region.
Among the volunteers who have traveled from Germany since 2013, 102 have returned including 43 German citizens. (AFP)
