AMMAN — The State Security Court on Monday reduced the sentences of two Palestinian nationals after taking into consideration the convicts’ “young age and the fact that they are far away from their homes”, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.

The first convict’s term was reduced to seven-and-a half years from 15. The second convict’s sentence was reduced to five years of hard labour instead of 10. Both were convicted of exporting weapons to the Palestinian territories. The court also sentenced a third individual in absentia to 15 years’ hard labour.