Papers left behind by fleeing fighters in Syria lead to Russian jihadi’s hometown

This is an interesting story detailing how "Alex" was recruited into ISIL.

After the town of Shaddadi in Syria’s Hasakah province was freed of Islamic State (ISIS) by the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG), Russian journalists found papers that allowed them to trace the origins of one jihadi to his home in the city of Volgograd in central Russia.

The trail details how ISIL recruits members through the use of Imam's and others. Though most foreign fighters are recruited from France, Germany, Belgium and Britain, a significant portion also come from Russia. Moscow said last month that more than 2,000 Russian ISIS recruits had been killed in Russia’s air campaign in Syria.