DUBAI — Saudi Arabia on Saturday executed three soldiers who
were sentenced for "high treason" and "cooperating with the
enemy", a statement from the kingdom's defense ministry said.
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It said that the three had been sentenced to death by a
specialist court after a fair trial.
The ministry did not name the alleged "enemy" but
the executions were carried out in the southern province bordering Yemen where
Saudi Arabia has been at war for more than six years against the Iran-aligned
Houthi movement.
It has executed 27 people in 2020, the lowest in years, down
from a record high of 185 the year before, according to the Human Rights
Commission, a government body.