Saudi Arabia Arrests More Than 400 Islamic State Militants
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Saudi Arabia has arrested 431 Islamic State militants it says helped carry out a series of deadly attacks within OPEC’s biggest oil producer.
Most of those arrested are Saudi, yet the group includes Jordanians, Syrians, Yemenis and Nigerians, according to a statement from an Interior Ministry spokesman published by the official Saudi Press Agency. Some of the militants belong to cells that carried out attacks including suicide bombings of Shiite mosques and shootings of security personnel, while others provided equipment and logistical aid, the spokesman said.