Around 100
militants who fought with rebel groups in Syria and
Iraq have returned to France, requiring "massive" resources for surveillance and other security measures to prevent attacks, a French
lawmaker said on Friday. Thousands of Western volunteers
have traveled to Syria and
Iraq to join Islamist fighting groups, **tably Islamic State. Of an estimated 1,000 volunteers who left from France - the top source of Western volunteers for the Islamist jihad in the region - around 100
have returned and are currently in the country, Socialist
lawmaker Sebastien Pietrasanta told Reuters.
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