Topic: Saudi Arabia
RIYADH (Reuters) - The U.S. Embassy in Saudi Arabia said Westerners face possible attack from unidentified extremists in the central province of al-Qassim, in the first warning of its kind this year. "We have received credible information that an unidentified extremist (s) ...
US warns Americans living in Saudi Arabia of threat in conservative provinceThe U.S. Embassy in Saudi Arabia has warned American citizens that extremists may be planning to attack Westerners in the country. The warning issued Wednesday said the timing and method of ...
RIYADH (Reuters) - Around 25 former detainees from Guantanamo Bay camp returned to militancy after going through a rehabilitation program for al Qaeda members in Saudi Arabia, a Saudi security official said on Saturday. The United States have sent back around 120 ...
Al-Qaeda has urged supporters in Saudi Arabia to kidnap Christians and Saudi princes to press for the release of a female militant the group says was nabbed north of Riyadh, in an audio message released on Thursday. "Form cells to kidnap Christians ...
US Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Monday the US and Saudi Arabia were cooperating closely on security, and both shared a deep concern about Yemeni militant activities. "We all share a concern about terrorist activity emanating from Yemen. Actions of the ...
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi security forces have arrested a Saudi al-Qaeda member who an official said on Monday was involved in a plot to attack next month's World Cup soccer tournament in South Africa. Baghdad security spokesman Major General Qassim al-Moussawi gave ...
Saudi Arabia arrests 113 al-Qaida suspects, foiling planned attacks on oil installationsSaudi Arabia said Wednesday it has foiled several planned attacks on oil installations with the arrests of 113 suspected al-Qaida militants in a months-long sweep. Many of the suspects had come ...
RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia said on Wednesday it had arrested 113 al Qaeda militants including suicide bombers who had been planning attacks on energy facilities in the world's top oil exporter. The interior ministry said its sweep, among the biggest in ...
Saudi Arabia has dismantled a 101-strong Al-Qaeda cell operating in the oil-rich kingdom, the interior ministry said on Wednesday. Copyright 2010 AFP Global Edition
A young Canadian Muslim recruited to fight for the creation of an Islamic state has died in combat in Somalia, the Somalia-based hardline Shebab militia said Thursday in a Youtube posting. The video shows a man described as Mohamed al-Muhajiri at a ...