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Saudi Arabia
At a meeting of Gulf Cooperation Council defense ministers attended by the US Defense Secretary Hagel, Saudi Arabia’s defense minister called for more cooperation with the US in the face of rising regional security challenges, and warned against “hesitance and delay” in dealing with them. Hagel reiterated the US’ support, but also urged the Gulf […]
Iran
Hagel talks to Saudis about Syria, Iran
Jaysh al-Mujahedeen
Syrian moderates try to rebuild opposition force
Saudi Arabia
Saudi blogger’s wife says inhumane sentence proves Kingdom’s brutality
Iran
Christians persecuted at alarming rate in Iran, Arab world, US report says
ISIS-Al Nusrah divide reaches Saudi Arabia
A statement by 20 Saudi women released on Twitter threatens to kill preachers who publicly support the Al Nusrah Front over the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham.
Al Qaeda
Yemen FM: War against al Qaeda will take years
Saudi Arabia
Saudi liberal gets 10 years in jail, 1,000 lashes
Saudi Arabia
The Interior Ministry announced the arrest of 62 persons accused of links to al Qaeda in Yemen and in Syria, where the suspects reportedly had ties with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham. The cell, made up of 59 Saudis, a Pakistani, a Yemeni, and a Palestinian, included 35 Saudi nationals who had […]
China
Saudi Arabia displays ballistic missiles for the first time
Saudi DNA results confirm neither Asiri nor Wuhayshi killed in US drone strike
Saudi DNA results released today confirm that the corpse transferred from Yemen following the US drone strikes in Shabwa on April 20-21 is neither Nasir al Wuhayshi, AQAP’s emir and al Qaeda’s deputy manager, nor Ibrahim al Asiri, AQAP’s master bomb maker.
Saudi Arabia
Pakistan extradited two wanted individuals to Saudi Arabia: Adel Felayeh Salim Al-Eneizi, who was on the kingdom’s 2009 wanted list; and Muhammad Hamid Al-Juhani, who was on the 2011 wanted list of “extremely dangerous” al Qaeda-linked terrorists. Upon arrival in Riyadh on May 3 the two were given medical checkups and allowed to see their […]
Saudis, Chechens, Afghans killed during recent fighting in southern Yemen
Foreigners are said to make up the majority of the 37 al Qaeda fighters killed during Yemeni military operations in the southern province of Shabwa.
Syria
Former US diplomat warns of possible ‘grave mistake’ in Syria
CIA
CIA’s resolve to track weapons complicates push to arm Syria rebels
Saudi Arabia
Saudi authorities arrested two Saudi women who were attempting to cross into Yemen to join al Qaeda. Earlier this month, another Saudi woman, Arwa Baghdadi, also fled to Yemen to join her husband, imprisoned al Qaeda member Yassin Al Barakati. Last week the Special Court acquitted seven suspects accused of terrorism-related crimes including raising funds […]
Al Qaeda
The Saudi-Brotherhood divide
Saudi Arabia
The Special Court in Riyadh sentenced three terrorists from the 85-member Turki al Dandani group to death, and handed out prison sentences ranging from two to 26 years to 40 others. Two days ago, five terrorists received death sentences for bombings in 2003.
Saudi Arabia
Editorial: UK school plot thickens
ISIS’ ‘Diyala Division’ lauds foreign suicide bombers, including Dane
The Diyala Division praised 26 suicide bombers, including foreign fighters from Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Tajikistan, Chechnya, and Denmark.
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Yemen FM calls for donor money to fight security threats
Iraq
Jordanian jihadis returning from Syria war rattle US-aligned kingdom
Saudi Arabia
Saudi intelligence chief replaced by his deputy
Iran
Rebel videos show first US-made rockets in Syria
Arming the ‘moderate’ rebels in the Syrian south
The Yarmouk Brigade, portrayed as a moderate rebel group in the south of Syria, is featured in an article in which rebels complain about the paltry flow of weapons from the US.
Gamaa Islamiya
Lebanon – Future Movement, Al-Jamaa al-Islamiya re-examine ties
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to Turkey said that although the grace period for returning jihadists expired on March 20, such fighters are still approaching Saudi embassies and asking for help in returning home. He also indicated they are still welcome to return, saying, “Our doors will always remain open for all Saudis coming from conflict regions […]
Al Nusrah Front
US accused of supplying anti-tank weapons to Syrian rebels
CIA
Delays in Effort to Refocus CIA From Drone War