Saudi Arabia sends deathrow inmates to fight against the Syrian government
According to a top secret memo signed by Abdullah bin Ali al-Rmezan in 2012, the Saudi Kingdom sent 1239 deathrow inmates who were sentenced in court to death by sword, to Syria to fight as Jihadists among different groups to fight against the Syrian government. The inmates faced the death penalty for rape, murder or drug smuggling. The Saudi Kingdom offered the deathrow inmates a pardon and a monthly fee for their families.