US woman who led female Daesh battalion gets 20 years in prison
ALEXANDRIA, United States: An American woman who joined Daesh in Syria, leading an all-female military battalion, was sentenced to 20 years in prison by a US court Tuesday.
Allison Fluke-Ekren, 42, who grew up on a farm in Kansas, was sentenced in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, after pleading guilty to providing material support to a terrorist organization.
![Allison Fluke-Ekren occupied a senior position within Daesh. (Alexandria Sheriff’s Office)](https://www.arabnews.com/sites/default/files/2022/11/01/3520516-2103303868.jpg)