21-year-old Kent man admits plot to join ISIS in Syria, faces up to 20 years

A 21-year-old Kent resident pleaded guilty to conspiring to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization.

Saed Ali Mirreh was arrested in November 2025 as he was preparing to board a plane to Turkey, with a goal of crossing into Syria to fight for the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced.

Mirreh had been previously charged in New Jersey alongside a 19-year-old co-conspirator, Tomas-Kaan Jimenez-Guzel. Mirreh’s case was ultimately transferred to Washington earlier this month, and his sentencing has been scheduled for Oct. 16…

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