ISIS
United States v. Ashraf Al Safoo
Status: Ashraf Al Safoo: Sentenced, April 17, 2026
- District
- Northern District of Illinois
- Docket number
- Not matched
- Group named in DOJ releases
- ISIS
- Statutes
- Not stated in DOJ release
- First DOJ release
- June 27, 2025
Primary Sources
- Chicago Man Convicted of Conspiring to Provide Material Support to ISIS, Office of Public Affairs, June 27, 2025
- Chicago Man Convicted of Conspiring To Provide Material Support to Foreign Terrorist Organization, U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Illinois, June 27, 2025
- Chicago Man Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison for Conspiring to Provide Material Support to Foreign Terrorist Organization, Office of Public Affairs, April 17, 2026 (also issued by U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Illinois)
Status and dates follow these DOJ releases. Docket details from CourtListener (RECAP).
Ashraf Al Safoo
- Status
- Sentenced (DOJ release, April 17, 2026)
- From the DOJ release:
ASHRAF AL SAFOO was a leader of Khattab Media Foundation, a sophisticated online organization that swore allegiance to ISIS and created and disseminated threats and ISIS propaganda on social media and other online platforms.
- Age
- 41 (per DOJ release of June 27, 2025)
- Charges as described by DOJ
- conspiring to provide material support to ISIS and related offenses including transmitting threats and unauthorized computer access
- Charged or arrested
- Before coverage period or not stated
- Plea or verdict
- June 27, 2025
- Sentencing
- April 17, 2026
- Sentence
- 25 years in prison followed by ten years of court-supervised release (DOJ, April 17, 2026)
Cite: Middle East Forum, Islamist Terrorism Prosecutions, "United States v. Ashraf Al Safoo," accessed October 13, 2026, https://cases.meforum.org/case/us-v-safoo-2025/