TOPSHOT - A member of the Iraqi forces walks past a mural bearing the logo of the Islamic State (IS) group in a tunnel that was reportedly used as a training centre by the jihadists, on March 1, 2017, in the village of Albu Sayf, on the southern outskirts of Mosul. Iraqi forces launched a major push on February 19 to recapture the west of Mosul from the Islamic State jihadist group, retaking the airport and then advancing north. / AFP PHOTO / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP via Getty Images)
  • Ruslan Maratovich Asainov, 46, a U.S. citizen and former resident of Bay Ridge, N.Y., was convicted of all five counts of an indictment charging him with conspiracy to provide material support to ISIS. 
  • The jury also found that Asainov’s provision of material support to ISIS resulted in the death of one or more people. 
  • Asainov converted to Islam in 2009 and subsequently became increasingly interested in Islamic extremism. By the fall of 2013, he was consuming radical Islamic content online. In September 2013, he began making preparations to travel to Syria to wage violent jihad.
  • Asainov faces up to life in prison. 
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