RIYADH: The Special Criminal Court has convicted two Saudis on charges of terrorism. The first defendant was found guilty of attempting to travel to the conflict zone in Syria to participate in fighting there, and of helping to smuggle the second defendant out of the Kingdom through Al-Ruqie border crossing to enable him to also travel to Syria.
The court also convicted the first defendant of extending support to other persons who wanted to travel to Syria and fight there and for offering an amount of SR 18,000 to a number of fighters in Syria.
He was sentenced to three years in prison starting from the date of his detention on 19/1/1435, and also banned from traveling outside the Kingdom for five years after the completion of his prison term. The man's car was also confiscated.
The second defendant was convicted of traveling to Syria, participating in the fighting there and of breaching his former pledge to not return to Syria after he attempted to go there with a people-smuggler and tried to contact a member of the Al-Nusra Front.
He was sentenced to four years in prison and travel ban for five years.
Separately, the court sentenced a Saudi woman dubbed “Al-Mohajira" to six years in prison for being members of Al-Qaeda and Daesh.
Riyadh court sentences 3 extremists to prison
Riyadh court sentences 3 extremists to prison
Exhibition in Riyadh traces historical roots of horses
RIYADH: Faisal bin Abdulrahman, general supervisor of the King Abdulaziz Public Library, has inaugurated an exhibition in Riyadh offering information about the origins of horses.
The exhibition highlights the pivotal role of horses in the history of Saudi Arabia and their deep connection to its founding and early development, the Saudi Press Agency reported.
The official said that the exhibition’s diverse range of sources spanning local, Arab and international materials reflected the library’s commitment of more than four decades to collecting and documenting information related to horses and their history.
The exhibition, hosted at the library’s Khurais Road branch, will run until the end of August 2026.
It will showcase an extensive collection of rare historical artifacts, including manuscripts, documents, photographs, Islamic miniatures, historical publications and illustrated books.
