“Currently, the total number of Ishilovites and their supporters in Syria is about 3 thousand people,” the diplomat quoted TASS as saying.
He noted that also in Syria "there are many other terrorist groups."
Previously, the Pentagon said that the IG, "probably retains from 14 thousand to 18 thousand members in Iraq and Syria."
At the end of August 2017, the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces stated that the number of IS in Syria exceeded 9 thousand terrorists.
* “Islamic State” (IG) - the organization was recognized as terrorist by decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of December 29, 2014.