The criminal court in Riyadh has sentenced a Pakistani national to two and a half years for allegedly contacting Al-Nusra Front, a terrorist group, and intending to visit Afghanistan to participate in fighting there.
According to a report carried by SPA, the man was also accused of handing over money to four Saudi militants to travel to Afghanistan for jihad, and meeting individuals having deviant thoughts.
The man had also received e-mail messages from an Al-Qaeda member in order to find a confidant for collecting donations to support the terror group, the court said in a statement.
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Expat eyeing jihad with Al-Nusra jailed
Expat eyeing jihad with Al-Nusra jailed
Saudi ambassador meets UNWTO secretary-general
Saudi Ambassador to Spain Princess Haifa Al-Mogrin met with Shaikha Nasser Al-Nowais, secretary-general of the UN World Tourism Organization, at the organization’s headquarters in Madrid, on a courtesy visit following her assumption of office.
During the meeting, they exchanged views on the sustainable development of tourism and ways to strengthen cooperation in this area, the Saudi Embassy in Spain wrote in a post on X.
Meanwhile, Abdulmajeed Al-Samary, undersecretary of protocol at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, received the credentials of Mohamed Amin Sheikh Osman, the newly appointed ambassador of Somalia to the Kingdom, the Foreign Ministry wrote in a post on X.
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