US charges New York father, teenage son who joined Islamic State

Emraan Ali allegedly told prosecutors he snuck his family into Syria after in-laws told him they had a good life under IS.
Iraqi fighters of the Hashed al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilisation units) stand next to a wall bearing the Islamic State (IS) group flag as they enter the city of al-Qaim, in Iraq's western Anbar province near the Syrian border as they fight against remnant pockets of Islamic State group jihadists on November 3, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP via Getty Images)
Iraqi fighters from the Popular Mobilization Units stand next to a wall bearing the Islamic State group flag as they enter the city of Qaim in Iraq's western Anbar province near the Syrian border as they fight against remnant pockets of Islamic State group jihadists on Nov. 3, 2017. - AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP via Getty Images
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Prosecutors in the United States unveiled charges Wednesday evening against a man and his son who traveled to Syria to join the Islamic State (IS).

Trinidad-born Emraan Ali, 53, brought his wife, stepchild and five other children to Syria in 2015 to live under IS, prosecutors allege. Among them was his then-14-year-old son Jihad.

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