{"id":114570,"date":"2024-06-08T08:44:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-08T08:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=114570"},"modified":"2024-06-08T08:44:04","modified_gmt":"2024-06-08T08:44:04","slug":"u-s-federal-appeal-court-upholds-conviction-of-british-isis-militant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/114570\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. federal appeal court upholds conviction of British ISIS militant"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013<\/strong> A federal appeals court in the United States upheld on Friday the conviction of a British national for his involvement in killing and torturing American and western nationals as part of an Islamic State (ISIS) scheme ten years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2022, Elsheikh was found guilty based on his involvement in the killing of four American hostages, James Foley, Steven Sotloff, Peter Kassig and Kayla Mueller and given a life sentence in a federal court in Virginia.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"430\" src=\"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/El-Shafee-Elsheikh-Alice-Martins-FTWP.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-114572\" srcset=\"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/El-Shafee-Elsheikh-Alice-Martins-FTWP.webp 750w, https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/El-Shafee-Elsheikh-Alice-Martins-FTWP-300x172.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El Shafee Elsheikh had appealed his conviction. 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