(VOVworld) - Six Somali-American men were arrested by federal law enforcement officials Sunday after a 10-month investigation into American recruits trying to join Islamic State terrorists overseas.

The FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force arrested six men in Minneapolis and San Diego, who officials said tried to provide support to leaders of Islamic State terror cells.

According to Andrew Luger, a US attorney in Minnesota, all of the arrested were intent on joining terrorist fighters and on several occasions they attempted to travel to Syria to work with IS gun-men. These men are said to have been trying to encourage and recruit American citizens to join the IS group.