Summary Kuwaiti courts are examining two similar cases.
KUWAIT CITY (AFP) - A Kuwaiti court has jailed three Arab supporters of the Islamic State jihadist group, in a first for the Gulf emirate, newspapers reported Friday.
The court sentenced a Kuwaiti to 10 years in jail for urging support for the group and also for insulting Kuwait s ruler in public.
An Egyptian and a Jordanian were handed four-year terms for helping him distribute pro-IS leaflets, local media reports said, quoting Thursday s ruling.
The verdicts can be appealed but the men are in currently in prison.
It was the first such Kuwaiti court ruling against supporters of IS, the target of US-led air strikes in Syria and neighbouring Iraq.
Kuwaiti courts are examining two similar cases.
In September, police arrested several suspected IS members under the Gulf state s commitment to the US-led coalition against the jihadists.
Dozens of Kuwaitis have fought alongside rebel groups in Syria battling President Bashar al-Assad s regime, and a number have been killed in the conflict.
