The Interior Ministry said it has designated the Muslim Brotherhood, the Al Nusrah Front, and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham as terrorist organizations. Saudi authorities are becoming concerned that jihadists will return from Syria and continue terrorist activities. Also designated were Shia Houthi rebels in Yemen and a Saudi Hezbollah group. Three […]
Five Saudi nationals were charged with being members of al Qaeda and three were convicted of involvement in the May 12, 2003 bombing of residential compounds in Riyadh.
Bleak future for Lebanon as Syria war enters fourth year
Saudi jihadist says forced to join ISIS in Syria
Arab states withdraw ambassadors from Qatar in protest at ‘interference’
Syrian rebel force to receive Saudi arms has worked with al Qaeda group
The Cabinet issued a statement calling on all foreign fighters to withdraw from Syria and said they should be subject to international prosecution for any war crimes committed there. It also condemned “terrorism in all its forms.”
From Riyadh to Beirut, fear of Syria blowback
Responding to Russian criticism of the reported Saudi plan to provide MANPADs to Syrian rebels, the Foreign Ministry blamed Russian support of the Assad regime for the prolongation of the Syrian conflict. King Abdullah recently decreed that any citizen who fights abroad faces three to 20 years in prison, and anyone who incites others to […]
Top Military Body Against Syria’s Assad Is in Chaos, Undermining Fight
Saudi religious police to monitor social media?
Saudi Arabia is reportedly seeking Pakistan’s help in the provision of antiaircraft and antitank weapons for Syrian rebels. The Grand Mufti called on Saudi Arabians to donate to the Saudi National Campaign to Support Brothers in Syria. Between June 2012 and June 2013, the fund distributed over $114 million in support of displaced Syrians in […]
Saudi-Qatari rivalry, depot raid blamed for Free Syrian Army reshuffle
Saudi Internet monitors turn focus on Syria-fuelled radicalism
Saudis Agree to Provide Syrian Rebels With Mobile Antiaircraft Missiles
Um Hani, who allegedly managed to collect millions of dollars for the terrorist organization in Yemen, is said to have been deported from Yemen.
Foreign regimes use spyware against journalists, even in US
Saudi Arabia’s religious police ‘contains extremists’
Jordan’s balancing act on Syria
Saudi national Adi Saleh Abdullah al Fudhayli al Hadhli, who died in June 2012 in an attack against Israel, had originally sought to join the “mujahideen” in Somalia. In 2011, he traveled to Libya to fight in the Libyan civil war.
As Afghan War closes, allies see broader American pullback
US secretly backs rebels to fight al Qaeda in Syria
‘Living suicide bomb’ rejoins al-Qaida after Saudi deprogramming
Rewards offered for Maghreb terrorists
State media said two German diplomats survived an attack by gunmen in Awamiya; their vehicle was torched. The two Germans reportedly escaped harm with the help of a Saudi citizen.
Iraq’s Maliki to revive Sunni militia role against al Qaeda
A court sentenced to death the leader of an al Qaeda cell that attacked foreigners in Yanbu in May 2004; two Americans, two Britons, and an Australian were killed in the attack. Ten other jihadists were given prison sentences of between three to 10 years.
As Assad lingers, Turkey focuses on ISIS
A Saudi court convicted 15 of 22 men accused of providing support to al Qaeda, including fundraising, weapons training, sheltering known terrorists, fighting in theaters of jihad, and forging documents. They were sentenced to terms ranging from two to 15 years.
Saudis Back Syrian Rebels Despite Risks