Who is Allison Fluke-Ekren? Kansas mom, 42, led an all-women ISIS battalion in Syria
A former Kansas woman has been charged with joining ISIS and leading an all-female battalion of fighters in Syria. A mother of five, 42-year-old Allison Fluke-Ekren is accused of training her own children to use AK-47s and suicide belts. She translated speeches from ISIS leaders and even planned an attack on an American college campus.
In 2016, Fluke-Ekren was appointed to lead an all-female military unit of the Islamic State, known as the Khatiba Nusaybah, in Raqqa, Syria. As part of the unit, Fluke-Ekren trained more than 100 women to fire assault rifles, throw grenades, drive explosives-laden vehicles, and use suicide belts in an attempt to train them to fight in 2017 siege of Raqqa.