Riyadh-The Specialized Criminal Court issued sentences against three Saudis who were involved in different cases, giving them varying prison terms.

The cases included the involvement of one of them in a deal with wanted criminals, who he met in Iran, to destabilize security in Saudi Arabia.

The second one received training in Iraq and supported ISIS while the third showed support for Houthi militias.

Two citizens received 10 years each for having traveled to Iran, where they met with a criminal, wanted for carrying out terrorist acts in the Eastern Province.

The criminal, currently detained, had instructed the two Saudis to undergo military training in an effort to later act to destabilize the security of the Kingdom.

The two defendants also traveled to Iraq, at the request of the said criminal, and joined training camps where they learned how to assemble machine guns and pistols. They then returned to the Kingdom, where they were apprehended.

The court sentence starts from the date of arrest; after being released, the two will be forbidden from traveling abroad for another 10 years.

Source: Asharq Al-Awsat, 01 Nov. 2016