A US man was arrested for attempting to fly to Syria to join the "Islamic State" (ISIS) terrorist group, while an accomplice was arrested for supporting his plan, the Department of Justice said Saturday, according to AFP.
Joseph Hassan Farrokh, 28, and Mahmoud Amin Mohamed Elhassan, 25, both of Woodbridge, in the state of Virginia, were charged "for criminal activity relating to Farrokh's attempt to travel to Syria" to join ISIS, the DoJ said.
FBI agents arrested Farrokh Friday at a local airport as he sought to board a flight to Chicago, "where he intended to board a flight to Amman, Jordan, with an ultimate destination of Syria," the statement read.