Brooklyn Woman Convicted of ISIS Weapons Training in Syria
Jurors found Halima Salman guilty of receiving military training from the Islamic State, a charge that could bring up to 10 years in prison.
- On Tuesday, a Brooklyn Federal Court jury convicted Halima Salman, 27, of knowingly receiving military training from the Islamic State group after her father moved the family to Syria in 2017.
- Salman's father moved the family from Brooklyn to Syria in 2017 under the guise of visiting relatives, then arranged her marriage to Islamic State fighter Abu Ali when she turned 18.
- Prosecutors presented a video of Salman handling an AK-47, a handwritten document authorizing her weapon access, and testimony she selected the ISIS name "foreign fighter."
- The conviction carries a maximum 10-year federal prison sentence, while defense attorney Mia Eisner-Grynberg called the prosecution "a grave miscarriage of justice" during closing arguments.
- After five years in a northeast Syrian detention camp, Salman's mother secured the family's repatriation in May 2024; U.S. authorities arrested her upon arrival at John F. Kennedy Airport.
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Halima Salman convicted of receiving ISIS military training in Syria, faces 10 years in prison – Democratic Accent
A federal jury on Tuesday convicted Halima Salman of knowingly receiving military-style training from ISIS while living in Syria, bringing an emotional end to a closely watched terrorism trial. The case was believed to mark the first time a woman accused of joining ISIS stood trial in a U.S. federal court. Salman, also known as “Umm Khattab al-Muhajir,” is a 27-year-old U.S. citizen and former Brooklyn resident who faces up to 10 years in prison…
Brooklyn Woman Convicted of Receiving ISIS Military Training, Faces Up to 10 Years
A federal jury in Brooklyn convicted Halima Salman, 27, of receiving military-style training from ISIS in Syria, in what is believed to be the first U.S. federal trial of a woman accused of joining the group; she faces up to 10 years in prison and sentencing on Feb. 2.
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American woman convicted of getting military training from Daesh group
NEW YORK: An American woman who joined the Daesh group before being caught by anti-Daesh forces in Syria was found guilty on Tuesday of receiving military training from the jihadists. Halima Salman, 27, was one of hundreds of foreign women who went or were taken to the territory controlled by the Daesh, and who then married jihadist fighters before being captured and detained pending their repatriation. The fate of these women and their children…
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