According to an Iraqi security source, a new ISIS leader (khalifah) has been appointed. In Syria, US forces carried out a targeted killing of ISIS’s commander in Syria and his deputy, near the Syrian-Turkish border. In Nigeria, ISIS operatives broke into Kuje Prison southwest of the capital Abuja, liberating hundreds of inmates.
A Florida man has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison and 15 years of supervised release for attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, also known as ISIS or ISIL.