Paramilitary organisations based in Saudi Arabia

The Ikhwān (, ), commonly known as Ikhwān man Aṭāʿa Allāh (, 'Brethren of those who obey God'), was a Wahhabi religious militia made up of traditionally nomadic tribesmen which formed a significant military force of the ruler Ibn Saud and played an important role during the unification of Saudi Arabia whereby establishing him as ruler of most of the Arabian Peninsula in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Shia militant organization operating in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Bahrain

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