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Australian jailed in UAE for spying returns home

Naim Aziz Abbas, an Iraqi-born former Sydney train driver who was jailed in the UAE, embraces his brother after touching down in Sydney.

Naim Aziz Abbas, an Iraqi-born former Sydney train driver who was jailed in the UAE, embraces his brother after touching down in Sydney. Source: SBS News

An Australian man detained in the Middle East for over a year has arrived back home to Sydney after being pardoned by the United Arab Emirates. 65-year-old Naim Aziz Abbas was sentenced to five years jail for espionage in December last year [[2018]], but maintains his innocence.



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