(Global News) A Canadian who was allegedly “a leading figure” in the ISIS media section has been taken to the United States to face terrorism charges, the U.S. Justice Department said Saturday.
The FBI took custody of Mohamed Khalifa from Kurdish forces in northeast Syria, where he was captured in January 2019, and flew him to the eastern U.S. to stand trial.
The U.S. has accused him of being a fighter and “lead translator in ISIS’s propaganda production and the English-speaking narrator on multiple violent ISIS recruitment videos.”
He was charged with conspiring to provide material support or resources to a foreign terrorist organization, resulting in death.
He faces a possible life sentence if convicted.
