FBI agents arrested a New York man to board a flight from New York to the Middle East, where he would join the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) to wage jihad, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ).

The DOJ said in a press release that Syed Aman, a U.S. citizen and resident of Nassau County, New York, was arrested Tuesday and charged with attempting to provide material support to ISIS.

Aman was arrested at John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens, New York, while attempting to board a flight to Doha, Qatar. The DOJ said Aman planned to leave for Syria starting in Qatar to join ISIS.

“As has been alleged, Aman was determined in his attempts to travel to the Middle East to join ISIS and, fortunately, his evil plan to wage jihad was thwarted,” said U.S. Attorney Breon Peace. “My office will continue to identify and prosecute potential terrorists like the defendant before they can harm individuals at home or abroad in the name of ISIS.”

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A masked Islamic State soldier poses holding the ISIS flag in 2015. (History Group/Universal Images via Getty Images)

In a complaint filed Wednesday in Brooklyn federal court, Aman is accused of expressing support for ISIS on an online forum of the group between 2023 and 2024. During the same period, Aman allegedly sent messages money to an individual he believed to be a member of ISIS. operational, to support Islamic State efforts in Syria. He also reportedly planned to travel to Syria to engage in jihad, or holy war, alongside ISIS.

More recently, Aman was in contact with a confidential human source (CHS) from early October 2024, as part of his plan to join ISIS.

In his communications with CHS, Aman reportedly said that waging war in the name of ISIS and traveling to ISIS-controlled territory were “the most important things, more than anything else right now.” .

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Syrian Kurdish security forces await the release of former detainees suspected of being members of the Islamic State (IS) group in Hasakah, northeast Syria, September 2, 2024. (DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP via Getty Images)

The Justice Department also said Aman had expressed hatred toward “kuffar (non-believers) who deny the path of Allah,” adding: “(If) you do not kill them, they will kill us and ruin the earth with decomposition. »

On social media, Aman allegedly displayed his desire to “kill Americans” and wrote in a notebook that he would become a martyr for ISIS.

In late October, Aman tried to book flights to the Middle East, but the credit card company blocked his purchases.

However, on a third attempt, Aman managed to book a flight from JFK to Bangladesh via Doha, Qatar.

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He reportedly told CHS that he planned to get off his flight in Qatar and purchase a flight from Qatar to Turkey, from where he would cross into Syria to join ISIS.

On Tuesday, Aman went to JFK Airport to catch a flight to Qatar. After checking in and going through airport security, he attempted to board his flight and was arrested by the FBI.

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“Syed Aman was allegedly determined in his efforts to support ISIS by making financial donations and repeatedly attempting to travel abroad to engage in jihad on their behalf,” Deputy Director of the FBI said official Dennehy. “Fortunately, the New York Joint Terrorism Task Force was able to intervene before its disturbing plans to support a deadly terrorist organization could come to fruition. The FBI, along with our law enforcement partners, are second to none in our determination to protect our nation from these attacks. ready to support the evils of terrorism.