A special criminal court jailed six people for up to six years for security offenses including traveling abroad to fight, adopting militant ideology and "breaking obedience to the ruler," Saudi Television reported late on Sunday. The Kingdom imprisoned dozens of people last month in security trials amid fears that the conflicts in Iraq and Syria will radicalize a new generation of youth.

The six sentenced on Sunday were also banned from traveling for fixed periods after their release.

In February, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah decreed prison terms of three to 20 years for traveling abroad to fight and of five to 30 years for giving moral or material support to banned groups that the government has designated as extremist.