rise to a separate and more extreme threat than even the Taliban, as the regional arm of Islamic State seeks to strengthen its position. Isis-K, or the Islamic State of Khorasan, is an affiliate of the group that overran large parts of Syria and Iraq to establish a so-called "caliphate". Isis-K, established in easter

ed at trial and Wednesday's sentencing hearing, in Feb. 2016, Smith lied during an interview with the FBI about his plans to travel to Syria to join the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), and about providing assistance to other individuals to do the same." Conspirator In 1993 NYC Terror Plot Is Set For Release.

ed at trial and Wednesday's sentencing hearing, in Feb. 2016, Smith lied during an interview with the FBI about his plans to travel to Syria to join the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), and about providing assistance to other individuals to do the same." Conspirator In 1993 NYC Terror Plot Is Set For Release.

esday against 21-year-old Pittsburgh resident Mustafa Mousab Alowemer," who is "charged with attempting to provide material support and resources to the Islamic State of Iraq and two counts of distributing information about an explosive, destructive device, or weapon of mass destruction." Authorities "claim he had det