ISIS 'has 65 Italian foreign fighters'

(ANSA) - Rome, March 11 - Foreign fighters who joined ISIS to fight in Syria and Iraq and who have an Italian link are 65, said the chief of the Italian anti-terrorism unit, Mario Papa, addressing the Schengen Committee on Wednesday. "We are talking about small numbers of people but the heart of the problem is the issue of their return, considering that coalition raids as well as crises within the movement could speed the process" stated Papa adding that he viewed this prospect as "troubling". There are more than 3,000 foreign fighters in Syria and Iraq, half of which came from France, another 800 to 100 from Great Britain, 650 from Germany and 400 from Holland and Belgium.