Long Island man arrested over alleged support of ISIS, attempted jihad

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEXSTAR) — The FBI arrested Syed Aman, 28, of Franklin Square, Long Island on Tuesday at JFK Airport. The Department of Justice (DOJ) said that he was trying to get to Syria to join the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), the Islamic militant group that broke from al-Qaida and declared a caliphate in 2014.

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