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Saudi Arabia, Bahrain Conclude Joint Security Drill in Riyadh

Saudi Arabia, Bahrain Conclude Joint Security Drill in Riyadh
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Saudi Arabia, Bahrain Conclude Joint Security Drill in Riyadh

Saudi Arabia, Bahrain Conclude Joint Security Drill in Riyadh

The Saudi Royal Guard and the Bahrain Royal Guard have concluded the joint security exercise “Haris” in Riyadh, state news agency SPA reported.

Applications and exercises were held for two weeks under the supervision of qualified military training officers.

The joint exercise is the first of its kind between the Royal Guards in the two countries. It stresses the depth of relations between Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, which are a model of unity.

The goal of the exercise was to boost cooperation, exchange military and security expertise between the two brotherly countries and boost the efficiency of participants in performing security tasks, protection of personalities, weapon shooting, and special operations.

Chief of Operations Department and general supervisor of the joint exercise Major General Mohammed bin Saeed Al-Omari, Deputy Commander of the Bahrain Royal Guard Major General Hamad Al-Nuaimi, commanders, officers and staff members of the Saudi and Bahraini royal guards attended the closing ceremony.

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Kuwait Jails 13 Citizens, Fines them $87 Mn for Hezbollah Funding

A general view of the Kuwait Palace of Justice in Kuwait City, June 16, 2013. (Reuters)
A general view of the Kuwait Palace of Justice in Kuwait City, June 16, 2013. (Reuters)
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Kuwait Jails 13 Citizens, Fines them $87 Mn for Hezbollah Funding

A general view of the Kuwait Palace of Justice in Kuwait City, June 16, 2013. (Reuters)
A general view of the Kuwait Palace of Justice in Kuwait City, June 16, 2013. (Reuters)

Kuwait’s Court of Cassation on Monday sentenced 13 citizens to three years in prison for raising funds through a charity to support Lebanon’s Hezbollah.

The court also fined them 27 million Kuwaiti dinars ($87 million), overturning a previous acquittal by a lower court.

The court that issued the sentencing was presided over by Judge Abdullah Jassim Al-Abdullah.

Initially, the Criminal Court had acquitted the defendants, citing the absence of legislation explicitly criminalizing unlicensed fundraising for public purposes since the establishment of Kuwait's Social Affairs Department on December 14, 1954.

The court said this legal gap limited its authority under Article 132 of the Code of Criminal Procedures and Trials. However, the decision was reversed by the higher court.

The defendants had been interrogated in November 2021 over alleged financial support to organizations linked to Hezbollah.

At the time, the Public Prosecution ordered their detention, and security authorities conducted extensive investigations into financial transfers suspected of funding such groups in Lebanon.

The case dates back to November 2021. The charges included significant financial transfers made over several years to foreign entities, including in Lebanon, prompting authorities to scrutinize transaction records.

The defendants denied the charges, claiming they had worked with a charity committee for 30 years, primarily sponsoring orphans in Lebanon and other countries.

In March 2024, the Court of Cassation classified Hezbollah as a banned terrorist group, describing it as an armed organization working to undermine Kuwait’s system and spread Iran’s revolutionary ideology.

The ruling officially confirmed Hezbollah’s designation as a terrorist entity under Kuwaiti law.