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Tiger Squad
| Rapid Intervention Force | |
|---|---|
| قوة تدخل سريع | |
| Active | 2017–present |
| Country |  Saudi Arabia |
| Allegiance |  Crown prince of Saudi Arabia |
| Branch |  Saudi Royal Guard Regiment |
| Size | approx. 150 |
| Nickname(s) | Tiger Squad, Lethal Capabilities Crew, Midnight Dancers |
| Engagements | Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander |
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The Tiger Squad (Arabic: فرقة النمر, Firqat el-Nemr), also known as UNIT 1103, and officially called the Rapid Intervention Force (Arabic: قوة التدخل السريع, Quat al-Tadakhul al-Sarie), is a protective security unit under the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman.[1] According to an unnamed source interviewed by the London-based online news outlet Middle East Eye following the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi in October 2018 and a BBC source inside Saudi Arabia who has a relative in the squad, it is a Saudi team that consists of approximately one-hundred fifty Saudi officers.[2][3]
According to the Middle East Eye source, the Tiger Squad is a death squad of members from the military and intelligence agencies that has the mandate to carry out covert operations and executions, killing Saudi dissidents inside Saudi Arabia and abroad in a way that "goes unnoticed by the media, the international community".[3] Sa'ad Al-Faqih, a Saudi opposition leader who claims he knows about this squad, confirmed that the role of the squad was to target and kill Saudi opponents.[2]
- ^ "Saudi operatives who killed Khashoggi had paramilitary training in US -- report | The Times of Israel". www.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 2022-05-26.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
BBC_nightwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b Abu Sneineh, Mustafa (23 October 2018). "Revealed: The Saudi death squad MBS uses to silence dissent". Middle East Eye. Archived from the original on 22 October 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
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