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Elhassani was also trans-
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ferred from SDF custody
to U.S. law enforcement,
and will have her hear-
ing scheduled at a later
date.
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She was accompanied
by her four children,
who are being cared for
by the Indiana Depart-
ment of Child Services.
U.S. District Judge
Staci Yandle re-
jected the govern-
ment’s request to strip Iyman Faris, 49,
originally of Pakistan, of his citizenship
(see image at right).
(A Dearborn native is facing federal charges after it was alleged that he supported the ISIS ter-
rorist organization. Ibraheem Musaibli was arrested in Syria earlier in July. Courtesy of WXYZ-TV
Detroit | Channel 7. Posted Jul 24, 2018.)
On July 24, 2018: Ibraheem Izzy Mu-
saibli, 28, of Dearborn, Michigan, was
charged with providing material support
to ISIS.
Musaibli was detained
by Syrian Democratic
Forces (SDF), and trans-
ferred to U.S. custody.
Faris is currently serving a 20-year sentence
for plotting to destroy the Brooklyn Bridge.
Musaibli allegedly
provided support to ISIS
from April 2015 to June
2018.
On July 24, 2018:
Samantha Elhas-
sani, 32, of Indiana,
was charged with
making false state-
ments to the FBI.
(Sam El Hassani, an American woman who lived with the Islamic State group in Syria for more
than two years claimed in an interview, while being watched by Kurdish security forces, that
she and her two children were taken to Raqqa by her husband Mousa. One of the children
appeared in an IS propaganda video. Courtesy of BBC News and PBS Frontline. Posted on Apr
12, 2018.)
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