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California Man Charged With Trying to Help Terrorist Group

The indictment accuses him of attempting to provide “material support or resources,” including financial support, to Hayat Tahrir al-Sham.

By Associated Press • •

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Omar Haj Kadour/AFP via Getty Images A picture taken on October 28, 2019 shows Syrians sifting through the rubble at the site of a suspected US-led operation against Islamic State (IS) chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi the previous day, on the edge of the small Syrian village of Barisha in the country’s opposition-held northwestern Idlib province. – US President Donald Trump announced that Baghdadi, the elusive leader of the jihadist group and the world’s most wanted man, was killed in the early hours of Octobe 27 in an overnight US raid near the village, located less than five kilometres from Turkey and controlled by the dominant jihadist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, an organisation that includes former operatives from Al-Qaeda’s Syria affiliate. (Photo by Omar HAJ KADOUR / AFP) (Photo by OMAR HAJ KADOUR/AFP via Getty Images)

A Russian man has been charged in California with attempting to provide support to a foreign terrorist organization, authorities said Friday. 

Murat Kurashev, 34, of Sacramento was indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury. He is in custody and could face up to 20 years in federal prison if convicted. 

It wasn’t immediately clear whether he had an attorney who could speak on his behalf. 

Kurashev, a Russian national, was arrested by the FBI. The indictment accuses him of attempting to provide “material support or resources,” including financial support, to Hayat Tahrir al-Sham.

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However, the indictment didn’t contain any details. 

The group, also known as the “Organization for the Liberation of the Levant,” is a militant group that aims to overthrow the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad.

The group has conducted suicide bombings and the United States has designated it as a foreign terrorist organization.

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