The global crime fighting agency’s list was drawn up by US intelligence from information captured during the assault on Isis territories in Syria and Iraq. The material was handed over to the FBI, which transmitted the list to Interpol for global sharing. A note appended to the Interpol list circulated in Italy explains how the terrorist database was constructed, putting together the pieces of the puzzle from hundreds of elements, mainly gathered when Isis local headquarters were captured. Interpol stressed the list’s transmission came as part of its role circulating information between national crime-fighting agencies. There is a growing suggestion that Isis fighters will shift south from Raqqa to the defensible territory stretching from Deir el-Zourez-Zor to Abu Kamal.

Source: The Guardian July 21, 2017 19:30 UTC