OHIO MAN ARRESTED, ALLEGEDLY SOUGHT TO SUPPORT ISLAMIC STATE

A man was arrested Wednesday at Cincinnati/ Northern Kentucky International Airport after authorities say he attempted to travel to Syria to fight with the Islamic State.

The complaint against Laith Waleed Alebbini, 26, of Dayton, Ohio, filed in U. S. District Court in Dayton, states he was traveling to Syria via a flight to Turkey or Jordan to join Islamic State fight- ers against Syrian leadership. Alebbini has been charged with attempting to provide material support to a terrorist organization.

Alebbini is a citizen of Jordan, and be- came a legal permanent U. S. resident of the United States in April 2014, and first traveled to the U. S. in July 2011, according to the FBI.

Its Joint Terrorism Task Force took Alebbini into custody.