• Mohammed Khalifa was convicted of conspiring to fund the gang.
• A US court condemned a Canadian who made IS propaganda films to life in prison.
• A US court condemned a Canadian who made IS propaganda films to life in prison.
  Mohammed Khalifa was convicted of conspiring to fund the gang.
  Khalifa, 39, was a “formidable figure” in IS and murdered two Syrian troops, according to the US Department of Justice.

Mohammed Khalifa was convicted of conspiring to fund the gang.

Khalifa, 39, was a “formidable figure” in IS and murdered two Syrian troops, according to the US Department of Justice.

Iraqi and US-led armies crushed IS in 2017.

ISIS remains active in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, the Horn of Africa, and West Africa.

US authorities allege Khalifa narrated 15 films glorifying gruesome crimes to inspire assaults and recruit members.

Toronto-born Khalifa travelled to Syria in 2013 and joined IS in November. He worked with IS till late 2018.

The squad published beheading footage of US journalists James Foley, Steven Sotloff, and British relief workers Alan Henning and David Haines in 2014.

Khalifa was taken by the US-backed, Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces in January 2019.

US justice department: He attacked an SDF position in Abu Badran, Syria, alone with three grenades and an AK-47.

He hurled a grenade at SDF soldiers on the roof, then ran inside and gunbattled a soldier on the stairs.

Khalifa’s AK-47 jammed, and he surrendered.

The FBI took him in. Khalifa admitted terrorism in December.

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