Alabama Woman Who Joined ISIS Hopes to Return From Syria Camp

Alabama Woman Who Joined ISIS Hopes to Return From Syria Camp
Hoda Muthana talks during an interview in Roj detention camp in Syria where she is being held by U.S.-allied Kurdish forces on Nov. 9, 2022. The News Movement/AP Photo
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ROJ CAMP, Syria—A woman who ran away from home in Alabama at the age of 20, joined the ISIS terrorist group and had a child with one of its fighters says she still hopes to return to the United States, serve prison time if necessary, and advocate against the terrorists.

In a rare interview from the Roj detention camp in Syria where she is being held by U.S.-allied Kurdish forces, Hoda Muthana said she was brainwashed by online traffickers into joining the group in 2014 and regrets everything except her young son, now of pre-school age.