A Royal Saudi Air Force F-15SA, assigned to the Royal Saudi Air Force Weapons School, lands in preparation of Red Flag-Nellis 22-2 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, March 1, 2022. (U.S. Air Force photo by William R. Lewis)
On September 14, Saudi Arabia announced that it executed two of its service members after they were convicted of treason.
The official Saudi Press Agency identified the two service members as Lieutenant Colonel Pilot Majid bin Musa Awad al-Balawi and Chief Sergeant Yousef bin Reda Hassan al-Azouni.
The two committed numerous military felonies, after which they were arrested in September 2017, according to the agency.
Al-Balawi was convicted of military treason and of not preserving the interests of the nation and the honor of its military service. Meanwhile, al-Azouni was convicted of committing treason in three forms, high, national, and military, in addition to being charged for not preserving the interests of the nation and the honor of its military service.
The SPA noted that the two convicts were offered all judicial rights and that they acknowledged the charges attributed to them after the investigation.
A royal order was issued after their treason charges were proven, reviewed and approved, the agency said, adding that the death sentence was implemented under the leadership of the Taif region.
The SPA didn’t provide any further details on the cae, but the Saudi military was heavily engaged in Yemen in 2017, where the kingdom formed a coalition and had been fighting the Iran-aligned Houthis (Ansar Allah) since 2015.
This was not the first time Saudi Arabia has announced such executions. In 2021, the kingdom said that three service members were executed after being sentenced for “high treason” and “cooperating with the enemy”.
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this the way russia and the west should treat treasonous citizens.
probably they did not want to be murdrers off yemenites in the name off the shousen parasites. s.a. is under influens off the illegal entity israhell and the yankees !!!
the saudis are always eager to show their barbaric nature.
saudis have suffered a humiliating defeat in yemen and are looking for scapegoats. these hapless officer and nco refused to kill yemenis for anglo-zionist masters.
the gulag for zelensky? nah. saudi arabia for “treason and other war crimes.”