NYC native who became ISIS teen bride faces decade in prison after she’s found guilty of training with terror group

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Kochman, B. (2026, October 27). NYC native who became ISIS teen bride faces decade in prison after she’s found guilty of training with terror group. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/10/27/us-news/nyc-woman-who-became-isis-teen-bride-faces-decade-in-prison-as-shes-found-guilty-of-training-with-terror-group/

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New York Post · collected 2026-10-27 · by Ben Kochman

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Halima Salman, born in New York City and now 27 years old, was found guilty by a federal jury in Brooklyn of training with ISIS. The verdict came after three days of deliberations following a week-long trial. Facing up to ten years in prison, Salman testified that her father had forced her into marriage with an ISIS fighter and later moved the family to Syria under his control. Prosecutors presented evidence including video footage and digital images showing Salman with weapons and the ISIS flag, while her defense team challenged the authenticity of this evidence and argued for a not-guilty verdict.
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Halima Salman, a New York City native who became an ISIS bride at age 18, has been found guilty of training with the terror group and faces up to ten years in federal prison. The verdict came after a three-day jury deliberation following a week-long trial in Brooklyn, marking the first US prosecution of a woman for joining ISIS. Salman testified that her father forced her into marriage with an ISIS militant named Abu Ali when she moved to Syria-controlled territory in 2016. However, prosecutors claimed she voluntarily participated in the group's activities and presented evidence such as an alleged ISIS training certificate found on her husband's phone. Despite this, her defense argued for a lack of substantial evidence beyond this single document, suggesting it was a "grave miscarriage of justice."

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Brooklyn ISIS New York City Syria the Islamic State

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ISIS ORG · 11× Salman PERSON · 6× Syria GPE · 4× Brooklyn GPE · 3× Abu Ali PERSON · 1× Halima Salman PERSON · 1× Joseph Nocella Jr. PERSON · 1× New York City GPE · 1× the Eastern District of New York GPE · 1× the Islamic State ORG · 1×

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Salman’s lawyers questioned the authenticity of the alleged ISIS training certificate — recovered from her husband Ali’s phone — and ripped the feds for not showing the jury further evidence related to her purported ISIS training, including testimony from someone who saw her train. “You can come back here in five minutes with a not-guilty verdict… this is a grave miscarriage of justice,” defense lawyer Mia Eisner-Grynberg told the jury in her closing statement Thursday.
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🔮 “ISIS ravaged Syria and caused havoc across the globe; our Office will continue to prosecute those who supported its murderous reign,” he said in a statement.

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A New York City native who became an ISIS bride at just 18 faces up to a decade in federal prison after being found guilty Tuesday of training with the ruthless terror group. asserted
who → become → group
Halima Salman, now 27, who had been accused of undergoing weapons training with the Islamic State in Syria, was convicted by a Brooklyn federal jury following three days of deliberations and a weeklong trial. asserted
who → accuse → deliberations
The case marked the first time that a woman faced trial in the US on charges of joining ISIS. asserted
woman → mark → ISIS
“With today’s verdict, Salman is held accountable for joining forces with a terrorist organization,” said Joseph Nocella Jr., US attorney for the Eastern District of New York. asserted
Jr. → hold → York
“ISIS ravaged Syria and caused havoc across the globe; our Office will continue to prosecute those who supported its murderous reign,” he said in a statement. asserted
he → ravage → statement
The Brooklyn-born Salman testified in her own defense that her father had forced her to marry a militant fighter, Abu Ali, when she was 18 after he moved the family to ISIS-controlled territory in 2016. asserted
he → bear → 2016
Salman told jurors that her father, an ISIS supporter killed in a 2018 airstrike, had moved the family — including her mother and eight siblings — first to his home country of Turkey before tricking them into traveling into the terror group’s clutches in Syria. asserted
father → tell → Syria
She testified that she spent two years in ISIS territory and then five years in a war camp run by the Kurdish regime that dismantled the terror group with the help of the US. asserted
that → testify → US
Salman was arrested in 2024 at JFK Airport in Queens after she and nine other members of her family were repatriated in a US government effort to bring back American citizens held in the detention centers. asserted
she → arrest → centers
She has been living with relatives in New Hampshire while out on $500,000 bond, and faces a maximum 10-year sentence on her conviction of knowingly receiving military training from a terrorist organization. asserted
She → live → organization
Prosecutors argued that Salman willingly agreed during her marriage to train with Nusaybah Katiba, a female-only ISIS battalion. asserted
Salman → argue → Katiba
Jurors saw footage of the young woman wielding an AK-47 assault rifle in her husband’s Syria home, a digital image of a document purportedly from ISIS saying she was qualified to carry a Kalashnikov rifle, and selfies that Salman took with the terror group’s flag in the background. asserted
Salman → see → background
Salman’s lawyers questioned the authenticity of the alleged ISIS training certificate — recovered from her husband Ali’s phone — and ripped the feds for not showing the jury further evidence related to her purported ISIS training, including testimony from someone who saw her train. “You can come back here in five minutes with a not-guilty verdict… this is a grave miscarriage of justice,” defense lawyer Mia Eisner-Grynberg told the jury in her closing statement Thursday. asserted
Grynberg → question → statement
The attorney attempted to cast the alleged terror trainee as a former Brooklyn Girl Scout with a passion for sewing and craft making who has already “been through hell and back.” asserted
who → attempt → hell
Her ISIS militant ex-husband is believed to be in an Iraqi jail, according to a law enforcement source. uncertain
husband → believe → source
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