A wanted Saudi man who disappeared four years ago after a brief imprisonment has turned himself over to the Saudi Embassy in Syria under a government amnesty, relatives said Thursday. They said Ibrahim al-Sadeq al-Harbi, 34, went to the embassy in Damascus after relatives notified Deputy Interior Minister Prince Mohammed bin Nayef of his decision to surrender. "He is at the embassy and is scheduled to fly back home later today," Harbi's older brother Abdel-Ghaffar told Reuters. Harbi was the fourth person to surrender since Saudi Arabia announced on June 23 a one-month government amnesty aimed primarily at militants who have attacked Westerners, government targets and energy sites in the world's biggest oil exporter. Abdel-Ghaffar said his brother disappeared in 2000 after he was released from prison, where he was questioned about his visits to Afghanistan and Bosnia, where many Saudis had traveled to help fellow Muslims involved in military conflicts.
| Working in a soup kitchen or tending baby ducks, I'm sure. |
Abdel-Ghaffar said his brother was not linked to al Qaeda, but said authorities had confiscated his passport and forbade him to leave the country four years ago.
| So, what's he doing in Syria then, Abdel? |
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