Australian jailed in UAE for spying returns home

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.

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