Al-Qaeda in Saudi Arabia | |
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Founders | Osama bin Laden, al-Ayiri |
Leaders | al-Ayiri (2001 - 2003) Khaled Ali Hajj (2003-2004) Abdel Aziz al-Muqrin (2004 - 2004) Saud al-Otaibi (2004 - 2005) Saleh al-Awfi (2005 - 2005) Fahd al-Juwair (2005 - 2006) |
Dates of operation | 2001-2009 |
Country | Saudi Arabia |
Ideology | Salafi jihadism |
Part of | Al-Qaeda |
Opponents | Saudi Arabia |
Al-Qaeda in the Land of the Two Mosques (Arabic: القاعدة في بلاد الحرمين; al-qā‘ida fī bilād al-ḥaramayn; AQBH), simply called Al-Qaeda in Saudi Arabia was the Saudi Arabian regional branch of Al-Qaeda. It was founded shortly after the September 11 attacks, and dissolved in 2009 after it merged with the Yemeni branch of Al-Qaeda to form Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.[1]