The Third Circuit has determined that a Syrian asylum seeker who was conscripted into the Jaysh al-Sha’bi militia provided material support to a Tier III terrorist organization. The court determined that a Tier III terrorist organization can include state actors, such a state-sponsored militia.

The full text of A.A. v. Attorney General can be found here:’

https://www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/opinarch/171176p.pdf

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