A Dagestani woman was sentenced to prison for aiding militants in Syria.

A court in Dagestan sentenced a resident of Dagestanskiye Ogni to 8 years in prison for participating in a terrorist organization in Syria. According to investigators and the court, the woman was engaged in cooking and caring for the wounded.

According to investigators, in December 2014, Abdullaeva traveled to Syria, where she joined the ranks of an international terrorist organization banned in the Russian Federation. She cooked, sewed uniforms, cared for the wounded, and performed other activities.

After the defeat of the illegal armed groups (IAGs), the convicted woman was held in a refugee camp in Syria. From there, in April 2025, she returned to Russia, where she was detained by law enforcement, Interfax reported today, citing the press service of the Dagestan FSB.

The Dagestanskiye Ogni City Court found Abdullaeva guilty of participating in an illegal armed group on foreign soil. 1 and sentenced her to eight years in a general regime penal colony. Her sentence was deferred until her child reaches fourteen years of age, which is February 25, 2033.

"Caucasian Knot" also reported that the Kizilyurt District Court found a local resident guilty of participating in an illegal armed group and sentenced her to six years in prison.