Nov. 6 (UPI) — A U.S. citizen and resident of New York is charged with attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham after his arrest on Tuesday.
Federal prosecutors says Syed Aman, a U.S. citizen and resident of Nassau County, N.Y., tried to board a flight bound for Doha, Qatar, when federal law enforcement arrested him at John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens, N.Y.
Federal prosecutors say Aman tried to travel to Syria to join ISIS and throughout 2023 and 2024 expressed his support for ISIS while a member of an online ISIS group forum and while posting on social media.
Aman allegedly sent money to an individual he thought was an ISIS operative with the intent of supporting ISIS activities in Syria…