{
  "id": 11198864,
  "title": "Connecticut man sentenced to over seven years in prison for attempting to join ISIS",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/connecticut-man-sentenced-to-over-seven-years-in-prison-for",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-01T13:28:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Jerusalem Post",
    "slug": "jerusalem-post",
    "url": "https://www.jpost.com/international/islamic-terrorism/article-910317"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Ahmad Khalil Elshazly, a 29-year-old Connecticut man, was sentenced to over seven years in prison on September 23, 2023, for attempting to provide material support to the terrorist organization ISIS. According to the US Justice Department, Elshazly began expressing interest in joining ISIS in 2018 and swore allegiance to the group both online and in person. He created and managed a pro-ISIS Discord server and paid $500 to an individual believed to be an ISIS facilitator to smuggle him to Turkey by boat. Elshazly planned to connect with an ISIS member in Turkey who would assist him in traveling to Syria to join the terrorist organization. He was arrested upon arriving in Stonington, Connecticut, and pleaded guilty to the charges in 2022.",
  "summary": "In late September, an Uzbekistan-US dual citizen was also arraigned on charges of conspiring and providing material support to ISIS and the al-Nusra Front terrorist organization.",
  "key_points": [
    "Ahmad Khalil Elshazly, 29, sentenced to over seven years in prison",
    "Elshazly attempted to join ISIS in 2018, pledged allegiance online and in person",
    "Paid $500 to smuggle himself to Turkey via boat for ISIS mission"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}