(Courthouse News) A Texan who joined the Islamic State group to teach English to its soldiers accused the United States of war crimes at his sentencing hearing Thursday, saying it reminded him of white supremacist bombings in the South when he saw […]
(Houston Chronicle) A Houston native described by his lawyer as a youth engaging in “dangerous fantasy” pleaded guilty in federal court Monday to providing aid to ISIS by offering to be a martyr and spreading bomb-making knowledge. Kaan Serclan Damlarkaya, 20, has […]
(NBC) Warren Christopher Clark, a Texas man recently captured with ISIS fighters in Syria, has been brought back to the U.S. by law enforcement and faces charges of aiding ISIS. Clark was captured by the Syrian Democratic Forces, a largely Kurdish militia, […]
(NBC) A Texan who says he offered to work as an English teacher for the Islamic State and was captured earlier this month in Syria by U.S.-backed forces said he witnessed executions and crucifixions during the more than three years he spent […]
(VOA) A man and a teenager captured in separate incidents this past week by Kurdish forces in Syria and identified as U.S. citizens fighting for the Islamic State (IS) terror group are likely not Americans. A U.S. official, speaking to VOA on […]
(Stars and Stripes) U.S.-backed forces in Syria said they have captured eight foreign Islamic State fighters in the town of Hajin, including one American teen, days after announcing they had detained five others. The Kurdish People’s Protection Units, or YPG, said Wednesday […]
(Stars and Stripes) Kurdish-led forces battling Islamic State militants in Syria say they captured five foreign fighters, including an American who once sought to become an English teacher in the jihadi group’s Iraqi capital. The American, a Texan named Warren Christopher Clark, […]
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