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The State Security Court in Jordan has sentenced the defendants in cases that targeted national security and incited chaos in the country, which were revealed in mid-April last year, involving a group of members of the "Muslim Brotherhood," according to confessions made by them.

Today (Wednesday), the court decided to apply the harshest penalty among the charges in the case of missile manufacturing, sentencing the defendants Abdullah Hisham and Muath Ghanem to temporary hard labor for 15 years and imposing fees on them, while the third defendant in the case, Mohsen Ghanem, was sentenced to temporary hard labor for seven and a half years with fees imposed.

The court charged defendants Abdullah and Muath with the manufacture of weapons for the purpose of unlawful use in partnership. The court charged defendant Mohsen with involvement in the manufacture of weapons for the purpose of unlawful use in partnership. All three defendants were charged with committing acts that would disrupt public order and endanger the safety and security of society.

In the recruitment case, the court sentenced defendants Marwan Al-Hawamdeh and Anas Abu Awad to temporary hard labor for three years and four months with fees for committing acts that would disrupt public order and endanger the safety and security of society, contrary to the provisions of the Anti-Terrorism Law.

In the case of training for unlawful acts, the court sentenced each of the defendants Khadr Abdulaziz, Ayman Ajawi, Mohammed Saleh, and Farouk Al-Salman to temporary hard labor for three years and four months for committing acts that would disrupt public order and endanger the safety and security of society, contrary to the provisions of the Anti-Terrorism Law.

In the case of the drones, the court found the defendants not guilty of the charges brought against them by the Public Prosecution of the State Security Court, after the court found that the specific intent required by the legal text for the crime was not established. Consequently, the court decided to release the defendants Ali Ahmed Qassem, Abdulaziz Haroun, Abdullah Al-Hadar, and Ahmed Khalifa.

It is worth noting that the decisions of the State Security Court are subject to appeal before the Court of Cassation.

The charges and facts in the first case (missile manufacturing) summarize that it involved a cell composed of three elements, which began the process of manufacturing missiles within the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and producing their structures.

The cell established two warehouses for manufacturing and storage purposes in the Zarqa Governorate and the capital Amman, one of which was fortified with concrete for storing missiles and contained locked secret rooms. The cell received training and funds from abroad, managing to produce the first model of a short-range missile.

In the second case (recruitment), the two defendants visited regional countries and cooperated with external parties to recruit youth within the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.

The mechanism of work and communication was secretive, and they received instructions and security courses from those parties. There was a specification of dead zones within the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan for the purpose of planting materials in their possession.

In the third case (training), young men were trained in unlawful acts that included advanced courses and security lessons. The training and security lessons took place in several areas within the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, with the goal of preparing the youth to carry out operations they would be assigned later.

In the fourth case (drones), four young men coordinated with each other and met multiple times to manufacture "drones," distributing roles among themselves and visiting foreign countries. One of the defendants proposed the idea of making a "glider" and tested it inside one of the farms.