DHAKA: About 1,000 volunteers from the Asia-Pacific region have sought to join the Islamic State (IS) group.

A senior military officer said on Thursday, The Straits Times publishes this report on Friday.

Admiral Samuel Locklear, who oversees American forces across Asia as head of Pacific Command, gave the estimate a day after the United States pushed for a resolution committing major powers to block the movement of foreign fighters to Iraq and Syria.

‘It certainly is an issue that we’re paying very close attention to today,’ Admiral Locklear told a press conference in Washington.

‘There’s probably been about 1,000 potential aspiring fighters that have moved from this region, based on kind of our overall assessment.’

BDST: 0345 HRS, SEP 26, 2014