RIYADH, Saudi Arabia – Saudi Arabia said Tuesday it has arrested a total of 93 people with ties to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in recent months, foiling their plans to carry out multiple terrorist attacks, including a strike on the U.S. Embassy in the kingdom’s capital.
Interior Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Mansour al-Turki said the arrests include a cell of 65 people arrested in March who were involved in a plan that included targeting residential compounds, prisons and security forces.