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Police raiding a residential building to capture ISIS fighters preparing explosives for an attack were engaged in a firefight with two ISIS fighters. The fighters, Taie bin Salem bin Yaslam al-Saya'ari and Talal bin Samran Al-Saedi, wearing suicide belts, took a civilian hostage before being killed.
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Two twin brothers, Khalid and Saleh al-Areeni, attacked their family reportedly in a clash over their joining of ISIS. After chasing their younger brother to the rooftop and stabbing him, the brothers stabbed their father and mother. The mother, 67-years-old, died on site.
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where the group declared its caliphate in 2014. In his call to arms, al-Baghdadi pronounced "O sons of al-Haramayn... the serpent's head and the stronghold of the disease are there draw your swords and divorce life, because there should be no security for the Saloul."
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A suicide bomber detonated a explosive belt inside a Saudi special forces camp mosque near the Saudi border with Yemen. Twelve of the dead were members of a special tactics unit and three were base workers. ISIS was believed to be responsible.
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Saudi police officers were dispatched to an apartment where witnesses reported an individual "flaunting his support" for ISIS. The ISIS sympathizer reportedly waived his firearm and resisted arrest and was shot dead by police.
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mosque, the city's only Shia mosque. After being stopped at a security checkpoint setup outside, the attacker detonated a suicide vest. ISIS claimed responsibility.
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shooting while driving from work. Høpner was taken to a hospital and stabilized. ISIS released a video of the attack and claimed responsibility nine days later.
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Al-Omran, Ahmed; Grossman, Andrew; Audi, Tamara (24 April 2015).
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1115:"Police gun down ISIS fighters on the streets of Saudi Arabia"
562:. One militant, Youssef Abdellatif Shabab al-Ghamdi escaped.
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countries to join the United States-led anti-ISIS coalition (
878:"Islamic State leader urges attacks in Saudi Arabia: speech"
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Organizations designated as terrorist by the United States
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1066:"Car bomb explodes in Riyadh, driver killed — Saudi gov't"
1046:"Saudi policeman killed during security raid - SPA agency"
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Attacks linked to
Islamic State – Saudi Arabia Province
300:(forbidden) referring to the two holies sites in Islam,
1091:"Suicide bomber kills 15 in Saudi security site mosque"
734:
List of terrorist incidents linked to the
Islamic State
246:(ISIS–K). As of 2024 the group appears to be inactive.
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823:"ISIL claims deadly attack on Saudi forces at mosque"
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254:IS-SAP was announced on 13 November 2014 by the
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434:citizen Thomas Høpner was shot in a
240:Islamic State – West Africa Province
945:al-Omran, Ahmed (2 December 2014).
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849:Aaron Y. Zelin (28 January 2015).
770:have referred to the territory of
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739:Islamic State – Khorasan Province
244:Islamic State – Khorasan Province
513:Qatif and Dammam mosque bombings
485:Qatif and Dammam mosque bombings
180:Province of the Two Holy Mosques
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65:13 November 2014 - 2017
335:rulers of Saudi Arabia
174:), referred to by the
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1171:Agence France-Presse
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310:Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
1103:on 10 January 2016.
856:The Washington Post
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268:Barqah
208:Arabic
184:Arabic
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