Two people have been convicted in the United States of conspiring to help and join Daesh (ISIL) in Iraq and Syria, according to the US Justice Department.

A US court on Tuesday convicted Nader Elhuzayel and Muhanad Badawi, both 25, of attempting to provide the Takfiri terrorist group with material support.

The two are from Anaheim, California, and were arrested in May, 2015, when Elhuzayel was about to board a plane from Los Angeles to Turkey to join Daesh.

Elhuzayel and Badawi had “used social media to discuss ISIL and terrorist attacks, expressed a desire to die as martyrs, and made arrangements for Elhuzayel to leave the United States to join ISIL,” the DOJ said in a statement.

Elhuzayel had a one-way ticket, which was bought by Badawi, to travel to Israel with a layover in Istanbul, the statement added. Badawi used federal financial aid to buy the ticket.

There is a recorded video in which Elhuzayel swore allegiance to Daesh leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and pledged to travel to Syria to join the group, the statement noted.

Elhuzayel was found guilty of 26 counts of bank fraud, for which he will receive 100 years in prison.

The jury found Badawi guilty of fraudulent use of federal funds. He will spend 35 years in prison.

Elhuzayel deposited stolen checks into his personal checking accounts and later withdrew cash from three banks in order to cover his travel expenses.

Prosecutor Deirdre Eliot said that the two had shared pictures of beheadings on social media.

A study released in November last year showed that the overwhelming majority of terror suspects charged in the US for their alleged ties with Daesh were American citizens.

The Daesh terrorists, many of whom were initially trained by the CIA in Jordan in 2012 to destabilize the Syrian government, are engaged in crimes against humanity in the areas under their control.