American woman alleged to have joined Daesh goes on trial

NEW YORK: An American woman alleged to have been an Daesh group member caught by anti-Daesh forces in Syria went on trial in New York on Tuesday, charged with receiving military training from the terrorist group. Halima Salman, 27, was one of hundreds of women who ended up in the territory controlled by the Islamic State (IS) married to terrorist fighters before being captured and detained pending their repatriation. The fate of these women and their children has proven a sticking point for the