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)
  • A Saudi-born Canadian citizen, Mohammed Khalifa, 39, was sentenced to life imprisonment for conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS).
  • In addition to fighting for ISIS, Khalifa served as a lead translator in the group’s propaganda production and the English-speaking narrator on multiple violent ISIS videos.
  • Khalifa was captured in 2019, following a firefight between ISIS fighters and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) . 
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