WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Mississippi couple has been charged with conspiring and attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State militant group, the Department of Justice said on Tuesday.
Jaelyn Delshaun Young, 20, and Muhammad Oda Dakhlalla, 22, were arrested over the weekend, the department said.
According to prosecutors, both of them planned to travel to Syria to join the group and were arrested before boarding a flight at Golden Triangle Regional Airport in Columbus, Mississippi.
If convicted, the duo face up to 20 years in prison.
(Reporting by Lindsay Dunsmuir; Editing by Doina Chiacu)
Relacionados
- Islamic State attacks Syrian rebels near Turkish border
- Russia says 'early details' of plan to fight Islamic State start to emerge
- Nearly 30 U.S.-led air strikes target Islamic State - statement
- Nusra Front says withdraws from frontline against Islamic State
- U.S. sends six jets, 300 personnel to Turkey base in Islamic State fight
