Foreign Fighters
Find five landmark reports, three large and unique datasets, countless Sentinel articles, and declassified al-Qa`ida in Iraq foreign fighter personnel records. Explore our primary sources and empirically-grounded research products on foreign fighters below.
Major Reports
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View AllJuly 19, 2022
Real or Imagined: Evidence Concerning the Mental Health-Terrorism Nexus from Australian Terrorism Trials
June 23, 2022
External Impacts and the Extremism Question in the War in Ukraine: Considerations for Practitioners
December 22, 2021
Holding Women Accountable: Prosecuting Female Returnees in Germany
Perspectives
October 7, 2016
Welcome to the Hotel Caliphate: You Can Check-Out Any Time You Like, But You Can Never Leave
November 14, 2015
The French Foreign Fighter Threat in Context
Primary Sources
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View AllJune 13, 2017
New York Times articles feature CTC research
December 9, 2016
CTC report featured in The Independent
November 15, 2016
CTC Sentinel article receives extensive international media attention
August 15, 2016
CTC report featured in AP article on Islamic State recruits
Other Commentary
View AllDecember 8, 2016
Latest CTC report examines foreign fighter flow to the Islamic State and its predecessor
November 11, 2016
CTC publishes report on the lifecycle of foreign fighters
November 10, 2016
CTC publishes Sentinel article on French and Belgian fighters in the Islamic State
October 7, 2016
