Monitoring Desk -A court in Iraq has handed down life sentences to nearly two dozen Russian women over illegal entry, membership in Daesh Takfiri terrorist group, and involvement in acts of terror across the war-ravaged Arab country. A picture taken on April 29, 2018 in the Central Criminal Court of Iraq shows Russian women, who have been sentenced to life in prison on grounds of joining Daesh Takfiri terrorist group, standing with their children in a hallway. (Photo by AFP) A judicial source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the Central Criminal Court of Iraq, which is the country's flagship criminal justice institution, found 19 female Russian citizens guilty of “joining and supporting Daesh.” The court issued the verdicts as women, all accompanied by small children, attended the hearing. Ziyad Sabsabi, a Russian senator and Deputy Chairman of the Senate's Foreign Relations Committee, had earlier warned that the Russian women would face death...