A Baghdad court sentenced to death three French citizens Sunday for being members of the Islamic State group, an Iraqi judicial official said. The official said the three were among 12 French citizens handed over to Iraq in January by the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces. (Maya Alleruzzo, File/Associated Press)BAGHDAD — An Iraqi court on Tuesday sentenced two high-profile French members of the Islamic State group to death, bringing the total number of French former jihadis condemned to death this week to six. Three other French IS fighters had already been sentenced to death on Sunday, and a fourth on Monday. France’s foreign minister said earlier Tuesday that his government is working to spare the group of condemned Frenchmen from execution after Iraq sentenced them to death.

Source: Washington Post May 28, 2019 09:09 UTC