The US embassy in Riyadh and the consulates remained closed through Thursday and set to resume on 22 MAR due to the Islamic State (IS) threat in the country. The two brothers who were detained – Abdullah and Mahmoud Owais – are both members of an attack cell led by Seif al-Bari Shaman known as the “Group of Lone Wolves” (so we’ve been told). This group is one of the cells operating under the umbrella of the greater IS-linked Abdullah bin Sayid al-Sarhan attack network. The Group of Lone Wolves (GLW) are reportedly planning to conduct multiple operations in Riyadh and other select locations in the country to include abductions of westerners to star in the next beheading video, complex/IED attacks on security forces, and assassinations of Saudi security officials.
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Source: Reuters
The Saudis are looking to hire American oil workers who lost their jobs in America. There’s a reason for this – its because the people who were working in Saudi Arabia quit their jobs after the rising security threat made it a case of the juice not being worth the squeeze. We’re aware of a specific threat by GLW to target a South African national who works for a named US company. Other abductions of western oil workers – Americans in particular – are supposed to follow the South African, all of which are to appear in their own beheading videos.
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There’s also an IS threat to attack Shia Mosques, with a Mosque in Qatif coming up quite a bit in the reports we receive from our in-country sources. The al-Awamiyah Mosque has apparently been cased out a couple times judging by the frequency its been popping up, so we have a strong feeling that its on the short list to be hit in one of the planned attacks. Other than being a Shia Mosque, IS may suspect that the IRGC-Qods Force is running operations out of there as part of their tit-for-tat Cold War that’s being conducted in the country, although that’s just conjecture on our part. Our sources have also informed us of another possible plot to target Saudi border forts along the Iraq border. We assess that the IS presence in the country may be looking to expand their facilitation routes coming from Anbar, Iraq by reasserting themselves in the region by targeting the forts similar to what we’re seeing in the Sinai with Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (ABM). So as you can see, the IS threat in Saudi Arabia hasn’t “gone away” and is here to stay for the foreseeable future. As the violence in Yemen escalates, keep close watch on things going on in Saudi Arabia – because there will be more to follow. Count on it.
Other Articles:
Amplifying Information on the US Embassy Threat in Saudi Arabia and Indications of Bigger Threats Emerging
American Embassy in Saudi Arabia Closed Amid ISIS Threat
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