Curtis. Its an increasingly volatile situation. Reporter the threat to the United States from violence and chaos in the middle east seems to be growing every single day and its now american citizens that most concerns u. S. Officials. Mohammad was reportedly killed in syria this past weekend while fighting alongside isis. The 29yearold somalia american is the second u. S. Citizen to be killed in syria by rebels who is also fighting along with islamic extremists. Douglas mccain was also from minnesota. He left in the last few months from his home. U. S. Intelligence officials are more than 300 americans right now fighting in the middle east and some of the more than 12,000 foreign fighters who have flocked to the region. Now, the fear of course is foreign fighters are learning lethal skills and return home in the west or in the United States and launch attacks. In syria, many militants from the west and from the United States have taken hostage 43 filipino u. N. Peacekeepers between isr