State Department and Shirdon

sakr: In an online bulletin, the State Department identifies Sakr as a Syrian-born Canadian citizen who has conducted sniper training for the Al-Qaeda-linked al-Nusrah Front, according to CTV. Canadian-born Shirdon, who the Americans say also goes by the name of Abu Usamah, is a prominent fighter, as well as recruiter and fundraiser for the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. The decision to add 24-year-old Farah Mohamed Shirdon and 30-year-old Tarek Sakr to the list of Specially Designated Global Terrorists was published Wednesday in an official register of U.S. government regulations. Today's action notifies the U.S. public and the international community that Sakr and Shirdon are actively engaged in terrorism, the U.S. State Department said in a release online. The charges against the Calgary man came a year after an ISIS video surfaced of him burning his Canadian passport. In September 2015, the RCMP laid terrorism several charges in abesentia against Shirdon, including participation in the activity of a terrorist group and instructing others to carry out terrorist activity. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.