An American woman on Tuesday pleaded guilty for organising and leading an all-female military battalion in Syria on behalf of the terrorist organisation Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS). Allison Fluke-Ekren, a former resident of Kansas, was involved in terrorist activities during 2011-19 in in multiple countries, including Syria, Libya, and Iraq. She eventually rose to become the leader and organiser of an ISIS battalion 'Khatiba Nusaybah', according to the US Department of Justice (DoJ). Fluke-Ekren left the United States for Egypt in 2018 with her second husband, who was a member of the terrorist organisation Ansar al-Sharia. Fluke-Ekren was brought to the United States in January to face a criminal trial, in which she has now pleaded guilty.

Source: The North Africa Journal June 07, 2022 18:14 UTC