Iraq Sentences Belgian Man to Death for Belonging to ISIS Terrorist Group

Iraqis along with members of the security forces observe a minute of silence on the first anniversary of the government's proclaimed military defeat of Islamic State, at Tahrir Square in Baghdad, Iraq, December 10, 2018. Reuters/Thaier al-Sudani/File Photo

BAGHDAD—An Iraqi court sentenced a Belgian man to death by hanging on March 18 for being part of the ISIS terrorist group, one of the dozens of foreign nationals facing the death penalty in Iraq.

Iraq has put hundreds of suspected members of the ultra-hardline jihadist group on trial, many of whom were arrested as ISIS lost a string of strongholds to United States-backed military campaigns throughout Iraq.