French court jails three women who joined IS in Syria

September 26, 2025   

(AFP) A French court on Friday handed jail sentences of up to 13 years to three women for joining the Islamic State group in Syria, including the niece of notorious jihadist propagandist brothers.

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.”

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