Houston Man Arrested for Trying to Aid ISIS: U.S. Government

Fighters from the Hashed al-Shaabi, backing the Iraqi forces, pose for a photograph with a flag of the ISIS terrorist group in Tal Afar's Qalea central district during an operation to retake the city from the jihadists on Aug 27, 2017. Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP/Getty Images

WASHINGTON—An 18-year-old Houston man was charged on Monday, Dec. 11, with trying to support the radical group ISIS and distributing information about how to make bombs, the U.S. Justice Department said.

Kaan Sercan Damlarkaya, who is a U.S. citizen, was arrested on Friday in Houston after the filing of a criminal complaint by federal prosecutors, the Justice Department said in an emailed statement.