The size of the group and its revenues are decreasing. The number of militants of the terrorist organization "Islamic State" in Syria and Iraq is from 12 to 20 thousand people, according to the report of the UN Security Council. In the last 16 months, their number has decreased significantly. "The influx of militants into Iraq and Syria from other regions has decreased, but many of those who fought return to their countries and this poses a serious threat to international security," the report says.. The UN also noted that the IG is using media propaganda via the Internet and social networks, receiving new followers outside Syria and Iraq. As for the financial state of the IG, it is now critical. The organization is financed from two main sources - hydrocarbons and taxes / abductions.

Now the IG has a profit of several tens of millions of dollars a month and these funds will all decrease, according to the UN. The UN Security Council predicts that after the defeat of the IG in Syria and Iraq, terrorists will be engaged in kidnapping people for ransom and thus maintain their financial situation. Earlier, the media spread the statement of the "Islamic state", which threatened eight countries.

Original article: At the UN, militants of the "Islamic state".