Return From ISIS (full documentary) | FRONTLINE

Summary by Krater

This documentary investigates the story of Samantha Elhassani, an American woman who travelled to Syria with her husband and children to join ISIS, and her subsequent return and prosecution in the United States.

From the video

Answers: How did an American woman end up in Syria with ISIS and what happened upon her return?

• ISIS recruitment of Westerners
• American women in ISIS
• Return of ISIS fighters and families
• Deradicalization and reintegration of children
• FBI investigations into terrorism support
• Legal prosecution of ISIS supporters

What it concludes

• Samantha Elhassani pleaded guilty to terrorism financing charges for providing money, gold, and equipment to support ISIS.
• The FBI maintains that any American who left the United States to fight for ISIS should be brought back to face justice in the United States.
• Samantha claimed she was tricked by her husband into joining ISIS, but evidence and her own admissions showed she supported and was deeply involved in the group's activities.
• Samantha's husband, Moussa, was killed in Syria, and Samantha and her children were eventually repatriated to the US, where she was sentenced to 6.5 years in prison.