US woman pleads guilty to leading all-female Islamic State battalion

Allison Fluke-Ekren, who once lived in Kansas, will be sentenced in October in case a prosecutor called a first of its kind in the US

An American woman who prosecutors say led an all-female battalion of Islamic State militants in Syria will be sentenced in October after pleading guilty in a case that a prosecutor called a first of its kind in the US.

Allison Fluke-Ekren broke down sobbing after admitting in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, to conspiring to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization, a charge that carries a maximum 20-year sentence.