US Charges Canadian Man, Alleging He's An ISIS Fighter, Propagandist

The Department of Justice described the man, identified as Mohammed Khalifa, as a "leading figure" in the English-language media unit of the ISIS in Iraq and Syria.

US prosecutors on Saturday said they charged a Saudi-born Canadian man for aiding the ISIS terrorist group, alleging he tossed grenades in battle and worked with propagandists who publicized the beheading of hostages including US journalist James Foley.

The Department of Justice described the man, identified as Mohammed Khalifa, as a "leading figure" in the English-language media unit of the ISIS in Iraq and Syria.

The department said Khalifa narrated English-language recruitment videos and was a battlefield fighter before he was captured in 2019 by the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, a militia group that controls parts of Syria.

He was recently arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and on Saturday, charges against him were unsealed in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.