Four imprisoned for fighting in Syria

A court has sentenced four Saudis to prison for up to six years and prevented them from traveling for participating in fighting in Syria with ISIS and the Nusra Front. The convicts impersonated other people and left Saudi Arabia with fake passports through land ports. One of them participated in guarding a terrorist camp.
Another was imprisoned and banned from traveling for five years. He was accused of traveling with others to take part in the fight in Syria by stealing the passport of his brother and leaving the Kingdom through the Al-Rigi land port to Kuwait, and from there to Turkey. Smugglers later helped him slip into Syria.
Some months ago, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah issued a royal decree criminalizing fighting abroad or belonging to extremist or religious groups. Anyone found guilty could be jailed for up to 20 years. Punishments apply to organizations that are classified as terrorist either locally, regionally or internationally. People who offer any form of material or moral support to such terrorist groups or organizations or promote their thoughts are liable to the same punishment.
Another defendant was sentenced to a six-year prison term and travel ban, also for traveling to Syria and taking part in the fight over there. The defendant used a fake passport to take him to Kuwait and then to Syria.
Saudi Arabia had issued a list of groups and organizations which were classified as terrorist organizations. They include ISIS, the Nusra Front, the Muslim Brotherhood, the Saudi Hizbollah, the Houthis, Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, Al-Qaeda in Yemen and Al-Qaeda in Iraq.
The third Saudi, who was sentenced to a three and a half years in jail and banned from travel for five years, admitted to his crime which included his disobedience of the active security rules and laws. The defendant traveled to Syria to participate in the ongoing fighting with terrorist organizations.