US Islamic State recruiter sentenced to life in New York court
15 July, 2023
Mirsad Kandic was sentenced on Friday for her role in the jihadist group between 2013 and 2017. He helped smuggle foreign fighters and weapons for the group into Syria.
Kandic left his home in New York and traveled to Syria in 2013. (Photo by: Pictures from History/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
A Kosovo-born US man who helped supply "thousands" of recruits to the Islamic State group was sentenced to life in prison Friday for helping the extremist group, the Justice Department announced.
Mirsad Kandic, 40, was a high-ranking member of the jihadist group between 2013 and 2017, when it controlled large swathes of Iraq and Syria, the Justice Department said.
In 2013 he left his home in New York and traveled to Syria, where he joined IS, becoming a fighter in Haritan outside of Aleppo.
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