The Department of Justice announced the arrests of U.S. Army National Guard Soldier Hasan Edmonds, 22, and his cousin Jonas Edmonds, 29, on Thursday.
Fighters from the Free Syrian Army, left, and the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG), center, join forces to fight Islamic State group militants in Kobani, Syria.
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On Wednesday night, Chicago FBI arrested two men from Aurora, Illinois — one of whom was a US National Guard Soldier — for allegedly conspiring to help ISIS by providing material support, the Department of Justice announced on Thursday.
Army National Guard Specialist and U.S. citizen Hasan Edmonds, 22, was arrested at the Chicago Midway International Airport without incident. He was planning to fly to Cairo, Egypt. officials said. The man's cousin, Jonas Edmonds, 29, also a U.S. citizen was arrested at his home in Aurora, Illinois.
Both men were arrested on charges of conspiring to provide material support and resources to a foreign terrorist organization. They will appear before U.S. Magistrate Judge Sheila Finnegan on Thursday afternoon.
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