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Iraq court sentences French woman to life for IS membership
9 years agoTOPSHOT - A picture taken on February 19, 2018, shows French Jihadist Melina Bougedir carriyng hers soon arriving in court in the Iraqi capital Baghdad. Melina Bougedir, 27, was arrested last summer in former Islamic State group stronghold Mosul with her four children, three of whom have been repatriated to France. / AFP / STRINGER
An Iraqi court on Sunday jailed a French woman for 20 years for belonging to the Islamic State group, as her lawyers accused authorities in Paris of "interference" to prevent her returning to France.