Iraq sentences 10 Turkish, Azeri female citizens to life imprisonment for ISIS support

Armenpress 12:43, 19 February, 2018

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 19, ARMENPRESS. An Iraqi court sentenced a female Turkish citizen to capital punishment for supporting the Islamic State terrorist organization, Al Sumaria TV reported.

According to Abdel Satar Birkdar, a representative of the Supreme Court Council of Iraq, another 10 female citizens of Turkey and Azerbaijan were sentenced to life imprisonment.

Earlier media reports said that Iraqi authorities have arrested a few hundred women involved with the Islamic State.



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