Coverage dated October 22, 2026

Jury deliberates in trial of New Yorker who became a teen bride to an Islamic State fighter

Headline from WTOP Washington DC

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York woman accused of receiving weapons training from the Islamic State group was tricked by her father into traveling to Syria, where she became an unwilling teen bride to a militant fighter, her lawyer told a jury Thursday. Halima Salman, a U.S.

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  1. MyNorthwest

    Jury weighs fate of US woman who says father forced her into Syria’s war zone when she was a teen (opens MyNorthwest)

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    The fate of a New York woman who says she was tricked as a teenager by her father into traveling to Syria and marrying a member of the Islamic State group rests in the hands of the Brooklyn jury after her lawyer implored it on Thursday to find that she never received weapons training. “Find […]

  2. WTOP Washington DC

    Jury deliberates in trial of New Yorker who became a teen bride to an Islamic State fighter (opens WTOP Washington DC)

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    NEW YORK (AP) — A New York woman accused of receiving weapons training from the Islamic State group was tricked by her father into traveling to Syria, where she became an unwilling teen bride to a militant fighter, her lawyer told a jury Thursday. Halima Salman, a U.S.

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