RIYADH: Saudi security forces have succeeded in confronting Daesh members operating from inside the Kingdom and have foiled their schemes to destroy public and private properties and target innocent lives while using various disguises.
The number of stories published in local, regional and international media outlets as well as on social media networks of the hundreds of terrorists who have been either killed or apprehended by security forces has been high during recent times, and continues to increase. This has caused citizens in the Kingdom to feel relief in knowing that Saudi security forces are working in their best interests to keep them safe.
Recently, a video was circulated on social media showing a group of Daesh members threatening their parents and family members if they did not announce their repentance and regret. The video showed a celebration by one Daesh member after he killed his cousin on the first day of Eid Al-Adha.
Saudi security forces arrested the Daesh member two days after the incident which rocked the entire Saudi society.
In the same video, the deputy commander of Al-Anbar branch and a prominent member of Daesh, Jameel Al-Khamali Al-Enzi, was depicted showing a list of photos of his relatives, military members in particular, and his brother, saying he would kill them if they did not show repentance and regret.
Citizens became increasingly enraged following the killing of Faisal Shaman Al-Enzi in a suicide operation that claimed the lives of 30 Muslims.
During last February, Saudi security forces killed a suspected Daesh member in Al-Awamiya. A statement by the Ministry of Interior at the time said that the suspect, Basem Ali Mahmoud Abdullah, a Bahraini national, was killed during an exchange of fire. The man was wanted for participating in a number of terrorist crimes.
During the past month, Saudi security forces have continued to crack down on all terrorists. Until July last year, hundreds of people joined Daesh. However, the security forces successfully arrested them in a number of security operations across several regions of the Kingdom. Some of these arrests involved armed confrontations, while others involved the confiscation of weapons, bombs, and vehicles being prepared with explosives, as well as documents and electronic devices.
The number of security personnel martyred was five, while 11 terrorists were killed during armed confrontations in various locations. Three people blew themselves up in the two mosques of Al-Qudaih and Al-Anoud in the Eastern Province, and at a security checkpoint at Hai’r to the south of Riyadh.
The sources said that 1,518 accused remain in prison pending further investigation. Some of them are young people.
Reliable sources confirmed that the number of residents in the Kingdom accused of joining Daesh is 333. Yemeni nationals topped the list with 131 defendants followed by Syrians with 63, Egyptians at 27, Pakistanis at 25, Palestinians at 11, unknown nationalities at 12, Sudanese with 9, Jordanians with 8, Indians at 5, Bangladeshis at 5, Bahrainis at 4, Ethiopians at 5, Chadians at 4, Iraqis at 3 and 2 each from the Philippines, Afghanistan, Mali and one each from Libya, Malaysia, Qatar, Lebanon, Nepal, Somalia, Tajikistan, Nigeria and Algeria.
The Ministry of Interior began building bridges of communication with all the members of society both inside and outside the Kingdom at an early stage to help them report any security-related or suspicious actions.
The number of stories published in local, regional and international media outlets as well as on social media networks of the hundreds of terrorists who have been either killed or apprehended by security forces has been high during recent times, and continues to increase. This has caused citizens in the Kingdom to feel relief in knowing that Saudi security forces are working in their best interests to keep them safe.
Recently, a video was circulated on social media showing a group of Daesh members threatening their parents and family members if they did not announce their repentance and regret. The video showed a celebration by one Daesh member after he killed his cousin on the first day of Eid Al-Adha.
Saudi security forces arrested the Daesh member two days after the incident which rocked the entire Saudi society.
In the same video, the deputy commander of Al-Anbar branch and a prominent member of Daesh, Jameel Al-Khamali Al-Enzi, was depicted showing a list of photos of his relatives, military members in particular, and his brother, saying he would kill them if they did not show repentance and regret.
Citizens became increasingly enraged following the killing of Faisal Shaman Al-Enzi in a suicide operation that claimed the lives of 30 Muslims.
During last February, Saudi security forces killed a suspected Daesh member in Al-Awamiya. A statement by the Ministry of Interior at the time said that the suspect, Basem Ali Mahmoud Abdullah, a Bahraini national, was killed during an exchange of fire. The man was wanted for participating in a number of terrorist crimes.
During the past month, Saudi security forces have continued to crack down on all terrorists. Until July last year, hundreds of people joined Daesh. However, the security forces successfully arrested them in a number of security operations across several regions of the Kingdom. Some of these arrests involved armed confrontations, while others involved the confiscation of weapons, bombs, and vehicles being prepared with explosives, as well as documents and electronic devices.
The number of security personnel martyred was five, while 11 terrorists were killed during armed confrontations in various locations. Three people blew themselves up in the two mosques of Al-Qudaih and Al-Anoud in the Eastern Province, and at a security checkpoint at Hai’r to the south of Riyadh.
The sources said that 1,518 accused remain in prison pending further investigation. Some of them are young people.
Reliable sources confirmed that the number of residents in the Kingdom accused of joining Daesh is 333. Yemeni nationals topped the list with 131 defendants followed by Syrians with 63, Egyptians at 27, Pakistanis at 25, Palestinians at 11, unknown nationalities at 12, Sudanese with 9, Jordanians with 8, Indians at 5, Bangladeshis at 5, Bahrainis at 4, Ethiopians at 5, Chadians at 4, Iraqis at 3 and 2 each from the Philippines, Afghanistan, Mali and one each from Libya, Malaysia, Qatar, Lebanon, Nepal, Somalia, Tajikistan, Nigeria and Algeria.
The Ministry of Interior began building bridges of communication with all the members of society both inside and outside the Kingdom at an early stage to help them report any security-related or suspicious actions.
