(VOA) A father and son, part of a family of seven who left the United States to join Islamic State in Syria, are back on U.S. soil, charged with supporting the terror group.
Emraan Ali, 53, and his 19-year-old son Jihad appeared in federal court in Florida on Tuesday, charged with material support violations.
According to court documents, the pair surrendered to the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) near Baghuz, Syria, in March 2019, as the terror group’s final stronghold collapsed.
Another minor son, identified only as I.M.A., was with them at the time, but U.S. officials have yet to comment on his whereabouts or those of other family members, including a sister who was married to a British IS fighter and had his child when she was just 15.
