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Ex-New York resident sentenced to life in prison for helping ISIS Mirsad Kandic, a Kosovo native who had lived in New York before traveling to ISIS territory, was found guilty last year of conspiracy and of providing material support to the group.

July 14, 2023 Colin Moynihan

(NY Times) In 2013, Mirsad Kandic began working with the Islamic State, helping to advance its campaign of global jihad. Over the next four years, he fought in at least one battle and operated from safe houses in Syria, Turkey and Bosnia, […]

Canadian was ‘prolific propagandist’ in ISIS, U.S. prosecutors say

July 25, 2022 Stewart Bell

(Global News) U.S. prosecutors are seeking a life sentence for a Canadian they call one of the “most prolific propagandists” in the so-called Islamic State. In materials filed in court ahead of his sentencing hearing, prosecutors said Mohammed Khalifa was a “formidable […]

Canadian who became ‘voice of ISIS’ pleads guilty, admits he conducted executions

December 10, 2021 Stewart Bell

(Global News) A Toronto man known as the voice of ISIS pleaded guilty to terrorism on Friday, admitting in a U.S. court he executed two Syrian soldiers. Mohammed Khalifa faces a possible life sentence after pleading guilty to providing material resources to […]

Canadian ISIS member caught in Syria flown to U.S. to face terrorism charges

October 2, 2021 Stewart Bell

(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 […]

Brooklyn federal jury convicts U.S. citizen of attempting to aid ISIS Said video containing mass killings was 'really cool'

August 23, 2021 Unlisted Author

(Brooklyn Eagle) On Monday, a federal jury in Brooklyn convicted Bernard Raymond Augustine, a U.S. citizen, of attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization, the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (“ISIS” or “the Islamic State”). The verdict […]

Unsealed documents show RCMP intends to charge captured ISIS fighter Mohammed Khalifa is believed to be English voice of violent ISIS propaganda videos

June 29, 2021 Nazim Baksh

(CBC) Court documents unsealed last week reveal that the RCMP intends to charge a Canadian ISIS foreign fighter with a string of terrorism offences. Since his capture by U.S.-backed Kurdish forces in January 2019, Mohammed Khalifa, a self-confessed ISIS fighter from Toronto, has been […]

RCMP preparing charges against Toronto IT worker who became ‘voice of ISIS,’ document reveals

June 22, 2021 Stewart Bell

(Global News) A former Toronto IT worker, known as the “voice of ISIS” because he narrated its gruesome execution videos, is being investigated by the RCMP for “serious terrorism offences,” a court document unsealed Tuesday reveals. The RCMP alleged in the top-secret […]

Plymouth mum jailed for sharing terrorist video of beheadings (LINK ONLY)

December 15, 2020 EoI News

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No regret: Captured ISIS fighter wants to come home — but not if he will be judged by Canadian law Some security experts question Canada’s strategy in dealing with returning ISIS members

September 28, 2019 Nazim Baksh and Joana Draghici

(CBC) Before he was captured by Syrian Kurdish forces in February, Canadian Mohammed Khalifa went from being a cog in the ranks of ISIS to its English-language voice. Khalifa, 35, who goes by his ISIS nom de guerre Abu Ridwan, says he […]

Canadian captured in Syria admits to role in gruesome ISIS execution videos

February 16, 2019 Stewart Bell

(Global News) A Canadian captured in northern Syria last month has admitted he helped produce ISIS propaganda videos that showed prisoners digging their own graves and being executed, according to a local source. Mohammed Abdullah Mohammed, who was detained by the U.S.-backed […]