Islamic State: Kansas Woman Admits To Training All-Female Battalion In Syria

A US woman has confessed to leading an all-female squadron for the so-called Islamic State group in Syria, as well as plotting attacks on American soil.

Allison Fluke-Ekren pleaded guilty to one count of providing support to the group and admitted to training over 100 women and girls for violence.

The mother and teacher-turned I.S. leader left the US in 2011 and worked with a terror group in Libya before Syria.

She faces a maximum of 20 years in prison at her sentencing in October.

Fluke-Ekren, 42, a former biology student and school teacher, traveled to Syria to join the group after living in Egypt and Turkey.

While with I.S., she led Khatiba Nusaybah, an all-female battalion based in its de-facto capital of Raqqa, Syria.