Europe must be prepared for an influx of Islamic State militants if Iraqi forces retake control of Mosul, the EU’s security commissioner has warned. Those defeats have prompted some of its fighters to begin returning to the continent, but about 2,500 European fighters remain in the conflict zones, King told the German newspaper Die Welt. “I think we will see a growth of terrorist attacks across north Africa and the west,” he said, adding that fighters could use the same routes as refugees to slip in unnoticed. A French security source said anti-Isis coalition forces must strive to trap the jihadis in Mosul. Read moreFrance is particularly unsettled about potential Islamist returnees after being hit by a series of terror attacks, including the 13 November assault in Paris that left 130 people dead.

Source: The Guardian October 18, 2016 19:50 UTC