UN: Wave of "more dangerous, skilled" ISIS jihadists bound to hit Europe

Europe will have to come to grips with an exodus of "dangerous and disillusioned" Islamic State jihadists, defeated in Syria and Iraq earlier this year and possibly seeking revenge, the head of the UN Security Council's counterterrorism agency has warned.

Scores of foreign Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) fighters, determined to come back to Europe, are "more dangerous" than previous waves of returnees, Jean-Paul Laborde told reporters on Thursday. Some may be eager to seek revenge after defeats on the battlefield, including in recent confrontations in Mosul.

The first wave of the returnees was mainly made up of young people who went to Syria and Iraq "for T-shirts and photos," Laborde said, RTBF reported. They came back "disillusioned and dismayed." The second wave may contain much more extreme individuals, who had more time to build...