More Westerners joining fight vs IS

WASHINGTON D.C.: Growing numbers of Westerners appear to be trying to join the fight against the Islamic State (IS) group in Iraq before it’s too late, frontline volunteer warriors say.

IS group jihadists have suffered a string of setbacks in Iraq and Syria in recent months, including the loss of key towns and facilities surrounding the remaining major strongholds in their self-declared “caliphate” -- Mosul in Iraq and Raqa in Syria.