Iraq sentences 19 Russian women to life for joining Daesh: judiciary

French militant Djamila Boutoutaou when she attended her trial at the Central penal Court in Baghdad, on April 17, 2018. (AFP/Ammar Karim)

BAGHDAD: Iraq on Sunday sentenced 19 Russian women to life in prison for joining Daesh, according a judicial source.
The head of Baghdad’s Central Criminal Court, which deals with terrorism cases, said the women were found guilty of “joining and supporting IS,” according to an AFP journalist at the hearing.