Saudi national, Adnan al-Atawai, has been killed by a sniper bullet in a town near Damascus.
Al-Atawi allegedly attempted to smuggle his wife from Saudi Arabia into Yemen in order to join Al-Qaeda and was detained at the border. Al-Atawi was jailed for 7 years and was released in 2012. Shortly after being released, al-Atawi fled to Syria on a counterfeit passport.