UAE Sentences 11 To Life In Jail Over Terror Plots

A court in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has sentenced 11 people charged with terrorism and raising money for al-Qaeda and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Syria to life imprisonment, state news agency WAM reported.

A total of 41 defendants were charged in October with "possessing firearms and ammunition with the intention of committing terrorist crimes against the country and its security," according to WAM.