Around 6,300 fighters joined IS in Syria in July
 

Beirut, Sep 17 (IANS/EFE) Around 6,300 fighters joined the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group in Syria in July, a month after the jihadi organisation proclaimed an Islamic caliphate in the territories it controls in Syria and Iraq, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported Wednesday. About 1,100 of the foreign fighters were new arrivals in Syria, where they entered mostly through the Turkish border, while the other 200 had already been fighting on Syrian soil with other groups such as the Nusra Front, a subsidiary of the Al Qaeda. July is the month in which the IS has done more recruiting on Syrian territory since it began operating in the country in April 2013.

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