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American woman convicted of getting military training from Islamic State

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Halima Salman, a 27-year-old American woman, was convicted of receiving military training from the Islamic State (IS) in Syria when she was 18 years old. Prosecutors allege that while residing in IS-controlled territory between late 2016 and early 2019, Salman trained with assault rifles and married a German-Afghan fighter. She returned to the U.S. in 2024 and faces up to ten years in prison at her sentencing hearing. The case highlights ongoing challenges related to repatriation and prosecution of individuals associated with extremist groups like IS.
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Halima Salman, a 27-year-old New York native, has been found guilty by a federal jury in Brooklyn of receiving weapons training from ISIS in Syria. The verdict came after three days of deliberations following a week-long trial where prosecutors presented evidence including video footage of her holding an assault rifle and text messages expressing loyalty to her husband, an ISIS fighter whom her father had arranged for her to marry when she was 18 years old. Salman faces up to ten years in prison upon sentencing. Her lawyers attempted to discredit the prosecution's case by questioning the authenticity of evidence such as a training certificate recovered from her late husband’s phone and called for more substantial proof, but their arguments were unsuccessful. The conviction marks the first time a woman has faced trial in the U.S. on charges related to joining ISIS.

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Halima Salman, 27, was one of hundreds of foreign women who went or were taken to the territory controlled by the Islamic State, and who then married jihadist fighters before being captured and detained pending their repatriation.
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🔮 Salman was convicted of receiving military-type training from IS when she was 18, prosecutors said in a statement, a crime that could carry 10 years of imprisonment.
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American woman convicted of getting military training from Islamic State AI generated NEW YORK - asserted
woman → convict → AI
An American woman who joined the Islamic State (IS) group before being caught by anti-IS forces in Syria was found guilty on Oct 27 of receiving military training from the jihadists. asserted
who → join → jihadists
Halima Salman, 27, was one of hundreds of foreign women who went or were taken to the territory controlled by the Islamic State, and who then married jihadist fighters before being captured and detained pending their repatriation. asserted
who → go → repatriation
The fate of these women and their children has proven a sticking point for the Western countries from where some originated, with many trapped or stripped of their citizenship by their former homelands. asserted
many → prove → homelands
Salman’s mother is an American, and her family travelled from the United States to Syria when she was young. asserted
she → travel → Syria
Salman was convicted of receiving military-type training from IS when she was 18, prosecutors said in a statement, a crime that could carry 10 years of imprisonment. uncertain
that → convict → imprisonment
She will be sentenced at a later date. asserted
She → sentence → date
At 17, she travelled to an IS-controlled area of Syria in late 2016 or early 2017, via Russia and Turkey. asserted
she → travel → Russia
“While in Syria, Salman was trained to use an assault rifle and received ammunition from an ISIS military battalion when she was 18,” prosecutors had alleged, using another acronym for the group. asserted
prosecutors → train → group
While there, she married German-Afghan IS fighter Abu Ali, according to court documents. uncertain
she → marry → documents
In early 2019, she was taken into custody by Syrian forces opposed to IS and was placed in a relocation camp until 2024, when Salman returned to the US and was arrested. asserted
Salman → take → US
“With today’s verdict, Salman is held accountable for joining forces with a terrorist organization,” said United States Attorney Anthony Nocella. asserted
Nocella → hold → organization
“ISIS ravaged Syria and caused havoc across the globe; our office will continue to prosecute those who supported its murderous reign.” asserted
who → ravage → reign
Salman’s defense attorney had claimed she was “the victim of her (mother’s husband) bringing her as a child to ISIS territory in Syria”. asserted
her → claim → Syria
The attorney added that Salman was unaware of the man’s pro-IS beliefs. asserted
Salman → add → beliefs
A US-led coalition was deployed to Iraq and Syria in 2014 to fight the Islamic State group, which had seized large swathes of territory, committed massacres, and forced thousands of women and children into slavery. asserted
which → lead → slavery
Kurdish forces still hold around 2,200 foreign relatives of suspected Islamic State fighters in a northeastern Syria camp, an official there told AFP earlier in October. asserted
official → hold → October
The Program on Extremism has identified 83 American adults who travelled to Syria or Iraq since 2011 and were affiliated with jihadist groups there. asserted
who → identify → groups
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