A Saudi-born Canadian citizen has been sentenced to life in prison Friday for his role as a member of Islamic terrorist group ISIS where he killed two hostages and helped produce the organization’s violent propaganda.
The Justice Department said 39-year-old Mohammed Khalifa’s sentence stems from a December 2021 guilty plea of providing material support or resources to a foreign terrorist organization, resulting in death.
Khalifa grew up in Toronto and left the country for Syria in spring 2013 to join the terrorist group.
He was recruited to ISIS’s media department in early 2014 due to his ability to speak both English and Arabic fluently.