An Iraqi court has sentenced 16 Turkish women to death by hanging for joining the Islamic State (IS) terror group, the Reuters website reports today (February 26, 2018).
The central criminal court issued the sentences "after it was proven they belong to the Daesh terrorist group and after they confessed to marrying Daesh elements or providing members of the group with logistical aid or helping them carry out terrorist attacks," said Judge Abdul-Sattar al Birqdar.
Since last August, some 1,700 women and children surrendered or were captured during Iraqi operations to root out the militants, according to aid officials.
Iraq is now in the process of conducting the trials of hundreds of foreign women who were affiliated with IS.
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