Kansas woman admits to training all-female IS battalion in Syria


A US woman has confessed to leading an all-female squadron for the so-called Islamic State group in Syria, as well as plotting attacks on American soil.

Allison Fluke-Ekren pleaded guilty to one count of providing support to the group and admitted to training over 100 women and girls for violence.

The mother and teacher-turned IS leader left the US in 2011, and worked with a terror group in Libya before Syria.

She faces a maximum of 20 years in prison at her sentencing in October.

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Source: BBC News