AMMAN — Eight Jordanians will be tried by the State Security Court (SSC) after they were charged with joining, promoting and recruiting for the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group.
The SSC prosecutor general has charged the defendants on Tuesday with the three counts.
The indictment sheet said the suspects were recruiting persons to join IS and using the Internet to promote its radical ideologies, according to the Jordan News Agency, Petra.
On Monday, the SSC sentenced a Jordanian to five years in prison with hard labour for fighting alongside armed groups in Syria.
The defendant went to Syria where he joined armed groups, the last of which was IS, with which he reportedly spent 10 months.
He was arrested when he returned to Jordan.