Info:
Bahrain announced on September 20, 2020, that it has thwarted a terrorist plot in the Kingdom that received support and funding from Iran;
Bahraini newspaper Akhbar al-Khaleej reported that interior ministry investigations found that a new group backed by the IRGC, called the “Qassem Soleimani Brigade” had planned to attack several public and security structures in Bahrain;
The terrorists had received explosives and money from the IRGC and around 14 of the terrorists underwent training in camps in Iran and Iraq. Nine of them are apparently fugitives in Iran. Some members of the group returned to Bahrain and started the preparations of a terror campaign in the kingdom;
Also Known As:
Qassem Soleimani Brigades
Country:
Bahrain
Reason for the color:
» Bahrain and the terror threat of Iran;