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In Islamic State Stronghold of Raqqa, Foreign Fighters Dominate
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Trofimov provides this report on the conflict in Syria and Iraq. Islamic state fighters from other countries are paid $800 per month compared to $400 for local fighters in Syria and Iraq. Fighters in the Free Syrian Army are paid $100 by comparison. Many of the fighters coming from Russia, western countries, and Arab countries see this as part of a visionary effort to create a new Islamic society, an experiment of sorts. In the process dislocating many of the local population and turning them into refugees going to Turkey and Jordan. Many of the 20,000 fighters crossing into the region from the Syrian border are veterans of other conflicts and bring previous experience. The Syrian city of Raqqa is described here by Trofimov as dominated by these fighters with much of the local Syrian population turned into refugees.
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Fighters come from Russia's province of Chechnya, Tunisia, other Arab countries, and Britain. In some Syrian cities such as Raqqa they are the dominant group with the war turning many Syrians into refugees in Turkey and Jordan.
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