European Union (EU) is marked as the major exporter of jihadists to the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), whilst the Gulf countries' militants recorded the least number of ISIS foreign fighters, according to a report by The Washington Post. Under the command of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, about 20 thousand jihadists from 80 different countries are fighting in Syria and Iraq, the report says. It added that about 5000 militants joined the terrorist organization during the period between October 2014 and January 2015. France topped the list of jihadists' exporters, since 1200 militants fled to join ISIS during the period between October 2014 and January 2015. Germany came in the second grade with 600 militants, followed by UK, Belgium, New Zealand, Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Norway. Meanwhile the number of Middle East fleeing extremists decreased from October 2014 until January 2015, especially Gulf countries nationals. The report mentioned that 2500 militants joined ISIS from Saudi Arabia, 71 from Kuwait, 15 from UAE, Qatar 15, Bahrain 12, Yemen 110, Iraq 247, Pakistan 500, Afghanistan 50, Algeria 250, Tunisia 3000 and Morocco 1500.
