Jury deliberates Halima Salman's ISIS training trial in Brooklyn
Prosecutors allege military training, defense claims she was tricked into Syria as a teen.
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Jury deliberates Halima Salman's ISIS training trial in Brooklyn
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What this story says
- Halima Salman, a US citizen born in Brooklyn, is on trial in Brooklyn federal court.
- Prosecutors allege Salman received military training from ISIS and was filmed with an assault rifle.
- Salman's defense attorney argued she was tricked by her father into going to Syria at age 17 and never received weapons training.
- The jury began deliberations after closing arguments from both the prosecution and defense.
Who covered it
Percentages are shares of the 28 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 3 of the 31 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .
Trust
42/100
Craft
60/100
Hype
45/100
31 sources · methodology
Thin on the right so far
Only 2 of the 28 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated right.
This story is still being watched, so it is a count and not yet a finding. Coverage keeps arriving for hours after an event, and a side that has published nothing this morning may publish by tonight. If it is still true when we stop checking, we will say so plainly.
A jury in Brooklyn federal court is deliberating the case of Halima Salman, a US citizen accused of receiving military training from the Islamic State group. Prosecutors allege Salman, who was born in Brooklyn, received training from ISIS and was filmed with an assault rifle. The defense contends that Salman was tricked by her father into traveling to Syria at age 17 and never received weapons training.
Salman was arrested in May 2024 upon returning to the US after being in Syria from 2017 to 2019. Her defense attorney, Mia Eisner-Grynberg, told the jury that Salman was 17 when her father drove her from Turkey into Syria, where she was held for three months. Eisner-Grynberg argued that the government lacked reliable evidence of training and that the case relied on inference and speculation.
Disagreement over evidence of training
Assistant U.S. Attorney Amanda Shami told the jury that Salman received military training through an ISIS battalion and pledged loyalty to the group. Shami cited text messages and a video as evidence. The defense questioned the validity of a document presented by the prosecution as proof of training, noting it lacked the ISIS stamp found on other documents, as reported by the Hindustan Times.
What the coverage left out
None of the digests mention the specific date in May 2024 that Halima Salman was arrested upon returning to the US. The Hindustan Times' full report states this detail.
Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 6 times, most recently on 23 Oct 2026, 14:15, and will add the sides that appear.
How each side covered it
Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.
Left
12 rated outlets
- Eleven of the 12 left-rated reports focused on the defense's argument that Halima Salman was tricked by her father into going to Syria as a minor and did not receive weapons training. These reports highlighted that Salman was 17 when her father took her to Syria and that her lawyer implored the jury to find her not guilty of receiving weapons training. Several mentioned she became a teen bride to an Islamic State fighter.
Centre
14 rated outlets
- Twelve of the 13 centre-rated reports focused on the jury deliberating the fate of Halima Salman and the core arguments of both the prosecution and defense. These reports stated that prosecutors allege Salman received military training from the Islamic State group, while her lawyer argued she was tricked by her father into traveling to Syria and never received weapons training. Many noted she was a New York woman accused of receiving weapons training.
Right
2 rated outlets
- The two right-rated reports focused on the jury deliberating the trial of a New Yorker accused of receiving weapons training from the Daesh group, who her lawyer stated was tricked by her father into traveling to Syria and became an unwilling teen bride to a militant fighter. One report mentioned Halima Salman was a US citizen born in Brooklyn.
Questions about this coverage
- How did the left and right cover Jury deliberates Halima Salman's ISIS training trial in Brooklyn?
- Of the 28 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 43% are rated left, 50% are rated centre, 7% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 31. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
- Is Jury deliberates Halima Salman's ISIS training trial in Brooklyn left or right?
- Neither side dominates it. Of the 28 rated outlets on this story, 43% are rated left, 50% are rated centre, 7% are rated right, and no side holds the 70% this site would want before calling a field one-sided. A story is not left or right in any case; the outlets that carried it are what carry ratings.
- Is the coverage of Jury deliberates Halima Salman's ISIS training trial in Brooklyn biased?
- Jury deliberates Halima Salman's ISIS training trial in Brooklyn is one event reported by 31 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
- Which side is not reporting Jury deliberates Halima Salman's ISIS training trial in Brooklyn?
- When we first saw this story, outlets rated right had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
- Which outlets covered Jury deliberates Halima Salman's ISIS training trial in Brooklyn?
- 31 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
- What are the main accusations against Halima Salman?
- Prosecutors allege that Halima Salman received military training from ISIS while she was in Syria and was filmed with an assault rifle. She is on trial in Brooklyn federal court facing these charges.
- What is the defense's argument in Halima Salman's trial?
- Salman's defense attorney argues that she was tricked by her father into traveling to Syria at the age of 17 and that she never received any weapons training. They contend the prosecution's case relies on speculation and lacks sufficient evidence.
- When was Halima Salman arrested?
- Halima Salman was arrested in May 2024 when she returned to the United States. She had been in Syria from 2017 to 2019 before her arrest.
Read it at the source
31 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.
Left
12- Jury deliberates in trial of New Yorker who became a teen bride to an Islamic State fighter (opens The Daily Star in a new tab)
The Daily Star — is The Daily Star biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Jury deliberates in trial of New Yorker who became a teen bride to an Islamic State fighter (opens The Times-Tribune in a new tab)
The Times-Tribune — is The Times-Tribune biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Jury deliberates in trial of New Yorker who became a teen bride to an Islamic State fighter (opens Kokomo Tribune in a new tab)
Kokomo Tribune — is Kokomo Tribune biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Jury deliberates in trial of New Yorker who became a teen bride to an Islamic State fighter (opens The Independent (US) in a new tab)
The Independent (US) — is The Independent (US) biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Jury deliberates in trial of New Yorker who became a teen bride to an Islamic State fighter (opens The Independent in a new tab)
The Independent — is The Independent biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Jury weighs fate of US woman who says father forced her into Syria’s war zone when she was a teen (opens The Seattle Times in a new tab)
The Seattle Times — is The Seattle Times biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Jury weighs fate of US woman who says father forced her into Syria's war zone when she was a teen (opens The Record in a new tab)
The Record — is The Record biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Jury weighs fate of US woman who says father forced her into Syria’s war zone when she was a teen (opens The Toronto Star in a new tab)
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- Jury weighs fate of US woman who says father forced her into Syria's war zone when she was a teen (opens Richmond Register in a new tab)
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- Jury deliberates in trial of New Yorker who became a teen bride to an Islamic State fighter (opens Associated Press News in a new tab)
Associated Press News — is Associated Press News biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Jury weighs fate of US woman who says father forced her into Syria's war zone when she was a teen (opens ABC News in a new tab)
- Jury weighs fate of US woman who says father forced her into Syria's ... (opens The Washington Post in a new tab)
The Washington Post — is The Washington Post biased? Our profile of this outlet
Centre
14- Jury deliberates in trial of New Yorker who became a teen bride to an Islamic State fighter (opens The Record in a new tab)
The Record
- Jury deliberates in trial of New Yorker who became a teen bride to an Islamic State fighter (opens Cherokee Tribune Ledger News in a new tab)
Cherokee Tribune Ledger News — is Cherokee Tribune Ledger News biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Jury deliberates in trial of New Yorker who became a teen bride to an Islamic State fighter (opens Chronicle Online in a new tab)
Chronicle Online — is Chronicle Online biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Jury weighs fate of US woman who says father forced her into Syria’s war zone when she was a teen (opens My Mother Lode in a new tab)
My Mother Lode — is My Mother Lode biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Jury weighs fate of US woman who says father forced her into Syria's war zone when she was a teen (opens Hindustan Times in a new tab)
Hindustan Times — is Hindustan Times biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Jury weighs fate of US woman who says father forced her into Syria (opens WBAL in a new tab)
- Jury weighs fate of US woman who says father forced her into Syria's war zone when she was a teen (opens Winnipeg Free Press in a new tab)
Winnipeg Free Press — is Winnipeg Free Press biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Jury weighs fate of US woman who says father forced her into Syria’s war zone when she was a teen – WTOP News (opens Washington Top News in a new tab)
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- Jury weighs fate of US woman who says father forced her into Syria's war zone when she was a teen (opens KTBS in a new tab)
- Jury weighs fate of US woman who says father forced her into Syria's war zone when she was a teen (opens The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel in a new tab)
- Jury weighs fate of US woman who says father forced her into Syria's war zone when she was a teen (opens Audacy in a new tab)
- Jury weighs fate of US woman who says father forced her into Syria's war zone when she was a teen (opens Cecil Daily in a new tab)
Cecil Daily — is Cecil Daily biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Jury deliberates in trial of New Yorker who became a teen bride to an Islamic State fighter (opens WKMG in a new tab)
- Jury deliberates in trial of New Yorker who became a teen bride to an Islamic State fighter (opens WPLG in a new tab)
Right
2- Jury deliberates in trial of New Yorker who became a teen bride to a Daesh fighter (opens Arab News in a new tab)
- Jury weighs fate of US woman who says father forced her into Syria's war zone when she was a teen (opens Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer in a new tab)
Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer — is Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer biased? Our profile of this outlet
Not rated
3- Jury weighs fate of US woman who says father forced her into Syria's war zone when she was a teen - THE LOCAL REPORT ARTICLES (opens Thelocalreport.in in a new tab)
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- Jury weighs fate of US woman who says father forced her into Syria’s war zone when she was a teen (opens PressNewsAgency in a new tab)
PressNewsAgency — is PressNewsAgency biased? Our profile of this outlet
- New Yorker Who Married ISIS Fighter at 18 is Currently Facing First U.S. Trial as Female Alleged Terror Group Member (opens domigood.com in a new tab)
domigood.com — is domigood.com biased? Our profile of this outlet
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