American Man Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison for Helping Student Join ISIS

Samy El-Goarany, a Baruch College student who was killed fighting for ISIS. Ahmed Mohammed el-Gammal, 46, was sentenced on Dec. 18, 2018, to 12 years in prison for helping El-Goarany travel to Syria to fight for the Islamist terror group. U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York

An American man was sentenced to 12 years in prison on Dec. 18, for helping another man join the Islamist ISIS terrorist group.

Ahmed Mohammed El Gammal, 46, was indicted in August 2015 for providing material support to the terror group, which has been behind a number of bombings, mass shootings, and other terror attacks.