French court jails three women who joined IS in Syria

"Jennyfer Clain, 34, whose uncles Jean-Michel and Fabien Clain had publicly claimed responsibility on behalf of IS for the Paris attacks on November 13, 2015, was sentenced to 11 years for belonging to IS. Her sister-in-law, Mayalen Duhart, 42, was given 10 years and 67-year-old Christine Allain, the women's mother-in-law, 13 years. Earlier in court, Jennyfer Clain had apologised to all "direct and indirect victims" of the jihadists, "in France, Syria, Iraq and elsewhere"."

"The Islamic State group seized swathes of Syria and neighbouring Iraq during the Syrian civil war, which began in 2011 and left hundreds of thousands dead, and loudly took responsibility for atrocities around the world. During the worst attack on Paris since World War II, jihadist gunmen and suicide bombers killed 130 people at the Bataclan concert hall and elsewhere. The Clain brothers are presumed to have died during the military campaign by US-backed Kurdish groups that eventually defeated IS in 2019. Three years later, the siblings were sentenced in absentia to life imprisonment without parole."

A French court sentenced three women for joining the Islamic State in Syria, handing prison terms of 11, 10 and 13 years. Jennyfer Clain, 34, was sentenced to 11 years and apologised to "direct and indirect victims" in France, Syria, Iraq and elsewhere. Her relatives include Jean-Michel and Fabien Clain, who publicly claimed responsibility for the November 13, 2015 Paris attacks and are presumed dead after the 2019 campaign that defeated IS; they were later sentenced in absentia to life. The women travelled to IS territory with children; several children were placed in foster care after returning to France in 2019, and one infant died in Raqqa.

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