Australians Woman Sentenced for Recruiting Terrorist

A member of the Iraqi forces walks past a mural bearing the logo of the ISIS group in a tunnel that was reportedly used as a training centre by the jihadists, in the village of Albu Sayf, on the southern outskirts of Mosul, on March 1, 2017. Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP/Getty Images

Hadashah Sa'adat Khan was an isolated and withdrawn teen when she began seeking out online relationships with people who support the terrorist organisation Islamic State.

The Melbourne woman, who was 18 at the time, was trying to “impress” another teenager in the U.S. when she helped arrange for him to join Islamic State in Syria, Victoria’s County Court heard.