The Primary Specialized Court which handles terrorist cases in Sana'a sentenced on Saturday three Al-Qaeda members including an Iraqi and a German to up to 2-15 years in jail.

The three, aged between 16-23 years, were convicted of forming an armed group to commit criminal and terrorist attacks against tourists, foreign missions and domestic security facilities in Marib province during 2008-2010.

A fourth suspect, Badr Al-Husseini, was acquitted due to lack of evidence.

Saddam Hussein Al-Raimi, a Yemeni, was given a three-year term and Hans Harmel, a German-Yemeni person, got a two-year sentence and the court ruled the two sentences include the period the convicts have served in jail since their arrest.

The court ordered the police should keep the two under surveillance after their release and prevent them from travel inside the country.

Also, Abdullah Musaed Al-Rawi, an Iraqi, was sentenced to the period he has already served, but the court ruled to deport him.

Al-Raimi and Hans will appeal against the verdict. The group was arrested in July 2010 in Marib.

In another case, the court handed down a 15-year sentence to Ammar Ubad Saeed Al-Waely, a Marib-based Al-Qaeda affiliate, ruling the term includes the period he has already served since he was arrested.

Al-Waeli was convicted for his part in an armed gang which committed terrorist attacks against tourists including the one killing Spaniards in July 2007.

At the hearing, the court said Al-Waeli rammed an explosives-laden car to a tourist convoy escorted by a police car while leaving the Sun Temple in Marib killing Spanish visitors and two Yemeni drivers and injuring others.