Baghdadi’s Widow Sentenced to Death for Role in Yazidi Abductions

An Iraqi court has sentenced one of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s widows to death for her role in the kidnapping and enslavement of Yazidi women by the Islamic State group. The court found that the woman, identified as Asma Mohammed, facilitated the abduction of Yazidi women from the Sinjar region in 2014. The ruling comes as Iraq commemorates the 10-year anniversary of the IS attacks on Yazidis.

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