WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Attorney's office for XXXXXX (insert district) issued the following press release:

BROOKLYN, NY- Today, a federal jury in Brooklyn convicted Halima Salman, also known as "Umm Khattab al-Muhajir," of receiving military-type training from the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) in Syria. Salman, a U.S. citizen and former resident of Brooklyn, was convicted after a seven-day trial before United States District Judge Natasha C. Merle.

Joseph Nocella, Jr., United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, John A. Eisenberg, Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department's National Security Division,and James C. Barnacle, Jr., Assistant Director in Charge, Feder...