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In First for Canada, Woman Convicted for ‘Family Support’ Role in ISIS

A Montreal woman was handed a one-day sentence on Monday after admitting she traveled to Syria in 2014 to join the Islamic State.

Oumaima Chouay is the first of several Canadian women who were captured in Syria during the war against ISIS to be convicted of terrorism.

Chouay admitted to participating in the activities of a terrorist group. The Crown dismissed three other terrorism charges against her.

Read the rest of the story at Global News.

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