NY Woman Faces Decade in Prison After ISIS Training Conviction
WHO:
CBS News - Halima Salman is 27; her mother is American.
CBS News - Salman married German-Afghan Islamic State fighter Abu Ali.
CBS News - U.S. Attorney Joseph Nocella Jr. said Salman was held accountable for joining forces with a terrorist organization.
CBS News - Assistant U.S. Attorney Amanda Shami told jurors the evidence showed Salman received military training from an organization responsible for attacks worldwide.
CBS News - Assistant Attorney General for National Security John A. Eisenberg said the verdict sent a message that supporters of ISIS would be found and prosecuted.
Fox News - Halima Salman is a U.S. citizen and former Brooklyn resident.
NY Post - A New York City native who became an ISIS teen bride was convicted of training with the terror group.
ABC News US - The convicted woman’s father took her to Syria when she was a teenager and arranged her marriage to an Islamic State fighter.
ABC News US - The woman was convicted of receiving weapons training from the Islamic State.
WHAT:
IJR - A Brooklyn federal jury convicted Halima Salman of receiving ISIS military training.
CBS News - Salman, her mother, and her defense attorneys wept after the verdict; Salman and her mother later hugged across the courtroom railing.
CBS News - Jurors struggled to reach a unanimous decision, and declined to comment after the verdict.
CBS News - The Program on Extremism identified 83 American adults who traveled to Syria or Iraq since 2011 and were affiliated with jihadist groups.
CBS News - Jurors saw a video of Salman holding an assault rifle, a photo of her with the group’s flag, and text messages she sent her husband.
CBS News - Salman’s lawyers asked the judge to set aside the verdict and acquit her.
CBS News - Prosecutors said Salman pledged loyalty to ISIS and willingly participated in its activities.
Fox News - Salman was convicted in federal court of receiving ISIS military-style training.
NY Post - The woman faces up to a decade in prison after being found guilty of training with ISIS.
NY Post - The case was the first time a woman faced trial in the United States on charges of joining ISIS.
ABC News US - A New York woman was convicted of receiving weapons training from the Islamic State.
WHERE:
CBS News - Salman was detained in Baghouz, Syria, in 2019 by forces opposed to the Islamic State group.
Fox News - The training took place in Syria.
NY Post - The woman was a native of New York City.
ABC News US - The woman was from New York; her father took her to Syria.
WHEN:
IJR - The conviction occurred on Oct. 27, 2026.
CBS News - Salman was arrested by U.S. authorities upon returning to New York in 2024.
CBS News - Sentencing is scheduled for Feb. 2.
NY Post - The woman became an ISIS bride as a teenager.
HOW:
CBS News - Salman testified that her family’s van crossed into Syria after she believed they were traveling to Turkey to visit relatives; masked gunmen surrounded them.
CBS News - Salman said she spent three months in Islamic State housing before reuniting with her family, and that the family moved twice after airstrikes hit their homes.
CBS News - Salman testified that her husband told her, “Get up, stupid wife, it’s time for you to be a wife.”
CBS News - Salman said constant bombings forced her and her husband to live in the streets, where she saw “dead bodies everywhere”; the couple later fled with refugees in a truck.
CBS News - Salman testified, “You try to leave, it is death,” and said she repeatedly tried to obtain a divorce.
CBS News - Prosecutors cited a religious song about Osama bin Laden that Salman sent her husband and two affectionate text messages.
ABC News US - Her father took her to Syria as a teenager and arranged her marriage to an Islamic State fighter.
NY Post - The conviction followed a trial on charges of joining ISIS.
(UPDATED October 28, 2026 20:01 UTC)
A federal jury convicted 27-year-old Halima Salman, a U.S. citizen from Brooklyn, of receiving military-style training from ISIS in Syria. Prosecutors said she pledged loyalty to the group and presented evidence including a video of her holding an assault rifle; Salman testified that her father took her to Syria as a teenager, where he arranged her marriage to an ISIS fighter, and that she tried to leave. Salman faces up to a decade in prison, and sentencing is scheduled for Feb.
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(UPDATED October 28, 2026 16:03 UTC)
Halima Salman, a 27-year-old U.S. citizen from New York, was convicted in federal court of receiving military-style weapons training from ISIS in Syria. Prosecutors said she pledged loyalty to the group and took part in its activities, while Salman testified that her father brought her to Syria as a teenager and that she was trapped in a violent marriage; her lawyers have asked the judge to overturn the verdict. She faces up to 10 years in prison, with sentencing scheduled for Feb.
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(UPDATED October 28, 2026 11:59 UTC)
Halima Salman, a New York City native, was convicted in federal court of receiving weapons and military-style training from ISIS in Syria, in what prosecutors called a case of holding the group’s supporters accountable. Prosecutors cited video of Salman holding an assault rifle, a photo with the group’s flag and messages to her husband; Salman testified that trying to leave meant death and said she repeatedly sought a divorce. Her father took her to Syria as a teenager and arranged her marriage to an ISIS fighter, and she faces up to 10 years in prison, with sentencing scheduled for Feb.
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(UPDATED October 28, 2026 05:01 UTC)
Halima Salman, a U.S. citizen and former Brooklyn resident, was convicted in federal court of receiving weapons training from ISIS in Syria. Her father took her there as a teenager and arranged her marriage to an Islamic State fighter. The case was the first U.S. trial of a woman on charges of joining ISIS, and Salman faces up to 10 years in prison.
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(UPDATED October 27, 2026 21:09 UTC)
A New York City woman was convicted of receiving weapons training from ISIS and faces up to 10 years in prison. As a teenager, her father took her to Syria and arranged her marriage to an Islamic State fighter. Her trial was the first in the United States of a woman charged with joining ISIS.