{"id":131409,"date":"2025-10-26T06:32:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T06:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=131409"},"modified":"2025-10-26T06:32:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T06:32:16","slug":"british-man-sentenced-to-9-years-for-joining-jihadist-group-in-syria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/131409\/","title":{"rendered":"British man sentenced to 9 years for joining jihadist group in Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013<\/strong> A British man who traveled to Syria to fight for an armed group linked to al-Qaeda was sentenced to nine years in prison following an investigation by the Metropolitan Police\u2019s Counter Terrorism Command, authorities said on Oct. 24.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the Met Police, Isa Giga, 32, from Hounslow, west London, was arrested at Heathrow Airport on May 23, 2024, after returning from Turkey. Investigators established that he had traveled to Syria in 2015 to join Jaysh al-Fath, a coalition of Islamist armed factions that included the al-Qaeda affiliate Jabhat al-Nusra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Giga was convicted on July 18 of engaging in conduct in preparation for terrorist acts, contrary to Section 5 of the UK Terrorism Act 2006, after a two-week trial at the Old Bailey court in London.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The investigation revealed that Giga flew from Heathrow to Istanbul on Sep. 7, 2015, then continued to Adana, southern Turkey, before crossing the border into Syria. Counterterrorism officers gathered evidence from flight records, bank transactions, and family messages confirming his intent to \u201cfight for jihad.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In one exchange with an undercover officer in 2016, Giga reportedly expressed support for Jabhat al-Nusra and said he \u201cwanted martyrdom very soon in the first row,\u201d referring to the battlefield in Syria, the <a href=\"https:\/\/news.met.police.uk\/news\/man-who-travelled-to-syria-to-fight-for-terrorist-group-jailed-502555\">Met Police reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Commander Dominic Murphy, head of the Met\u2019s Counter Terrorism Command, said the case demonstrates the UK\u2019s commitment to pursuing those who joined extremist groups abroad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAnyone who returns to the UK after fighting for a terrorist group will be thoroughly investigated, no matter how long it has been since they left the 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