Hyderabad, May 10 -- United States (US) authorities have decided to release Saudi citizen Homaidan Al-Turki after he spent nearly two decades in prison.

This recent decision follows three days of deliberations to overturn the ruling issued against him over 19 years ago.

Saudi Arabia's Al-Ekhbariya channel reported that, upon issuing the decision, Al-Turki was immediately transferred to an immigration detention facility, pending his deportation to Saudi Arabia within the coming weeks.

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) released the first photo of Al-Turki following his release from Arapahoe County Jail in Colorado.

The image, published on X, showed the 58-year-old appearing healthy, flanked by two ICE officers as he was forma...