Three Frenchmen have been sentenced to death by an Iraqi court after being found guilty of joining the Islamic State militant group.<br /> The three were among 12 French citizens captured in Syria by U.S.-backed fighters that were transferred to Iraq in February for trial.<br />They are the first IS suspects from France to be sentenced to death.<br />French President Emmanuel Macron declined to comment on the court ruling, saying it was a sovereign matter for Iraq. <br />
