TY - SER AU - Heinke, Daniel TI - German Foreign Fighters in Syria and Iraq: : The Updated Data and its Implications KW - Foreign Fighters KW - Terrorismo KW - Seguridad KW - Prevención KW - Alemania N2 - German security authorities have collected and analyzed data on the majority of the 910 individuals who traveled to Syria or Iraq based on Islamist motivations, the largest such study conducted by any Western government. The analysis confirms earlier findings that there is no typical socio-demographic profile of jihadi terrorists and foreign fighters. With a growing threat emanating from returning foreign fighters, the counterterrorism response needs to be both multifaceted and specific, tailoring approaches to certain sub-groups such as minors, women, converts, and immigrants UR - https://www.ctc.usma.edu/v2/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/CTC-Sentinel_Vol10Iss326.pdf ER -