# Saudi Soldier's Message from Captivity: I'm Safe and Not a Mercenary

- Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2106424121433477337
- Source account: [@RafeegSallah](https://x.com/RafeegSallah)
- Source language: Arabic
- Target language: English
- Duration: 1:01
- Published: 2026-10-03
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- Canonical URL: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/CQAafRrPKCaB/en/saudi-soldier-s-message-from-captivity-i-m-safe-and-not-a-mercenary
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## Transcript

[0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/CQAafRrPKCaB/en/saudi-soldier-s-message-from-captivity-i-m-safe-and-not-a-mercenary) Muhammad Issa Baydi. Rank: Private, Armored Battalion. Prisoner, prisoner.

[0:06](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/CQAafRrPKCaB/en/saudi-soldier-s-message-from-captivity-i-m-safe-and-not-a-mercenary?t=6) Fadi Bajabra. Personal number: 592. From Mecca.

[0:12](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/CQAafRrPKCaB/en/saudi-soldier-s-message-from-captivity-i-m-safe-and-not-a-mercenary?t=12) Please tell them I'm fine, safe and sound.

[0:17](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/CQAafRrPKCaB/en/saudi-soldier-s-message-from-captivity-i-m-safe-and-not-a-mercenary?t=17) And my brothers. I'm fine, safe and sound. I have no injuries or anything, thank God.

[0:22](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/CQAafRrPKCaB/en/saudi-soldier-s-message-from-captivity-i-m-safe-and-not-a-mercenary?t=22) They captured us, and they are trying to move us away by plane. But they brought us here as prisoners.

[0:30](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/CQAafRrPKCaB/en/saudi-soldier-s-message-from-captivity-i-m-safe-and-not-a-mercenary?t=30) Thank God, my brothers and my friends. I have nothing to do with the war. I'm under military orders. I was on duty with ten. They're in that situation, I'm in that situation.

[0:41](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/CQAafRrPKCaB/en/saudi-soldier-s-message-from-captivity-i-m-safe-and-not-a-mercenary?t=41) Just the same fear. I'm not a mercenary. I'm Saudi. Yes, I'm sure I'm Saudi.

[0:46](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/CQAafRrPKCaB/en/saudi-soldier-s-message-from-captivity-i-m-safe-and-not-a-mercenary?t=46) But that's what they say. What can I tell them? They told me to go report for duty, so I did.

[0:50](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/CQAafRrPKCaB/en/saudi-soldier-s-message-from-captivity-i-m-safe-and-not-a-mercenary?t=50) I was on duty at this watch post. They're watching. Why am I watching?

[0:54](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/CQAafRrPKCaB/en/saudi-soldier-s-message-from-captivity-i-m-safe-and-not-a-mercenary?t=54) I don't go in. They told me I had to report here. Then hand over. That's it.

[0:58](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/CQAafRrPKCaB/en/saudi-soldier-s-message-from-captivity-i-m-safe-and-not-a-mercenary?t=58) I'm Saudi. I have nothing to do with anything.