Jamal al-Asiri was a Saudi Arabian citizen and the younger brother of wanted terrorist Khaled al-Asiri. al-Asiri was initially a jihadist, but he later helped the United States when Khaled sent their young brother Amir on a suicide mission in 2016, and Jamal helped the US in attempting to kill Khaled in a drone strike. When it failed, Jamal headed to the US embassy, leading to the 2016 Riyadh embassy siege.
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Jamal al-Asiri was born in Saudi Arabia, the younger brother of Islamic State-linked terrorist Khaled al-Asiri. Jamal was initially supportive of his brother's Islamist views and his terrorist connections, fighting as a jihadist, but he later he supplied the CIA with intelligence on his brother's location for a drone strike in exchange for the United States protecting his family (his 12-year-old brother Amir was sent on a suicide mission, and Jamal wanted to protect his 8-year-old brother from having the same fate). However, Khaled was not killed, and Jamal, his wife, children, and family were in danger because Khaled survived, seeking to find Jamal and take revenge, as well as to kill the Americans. IS attacked the US embassy in Riyadh as a result, but al-Asiri survived, fighting against his brother with US Marine Corps Corporal Albright and helping the embassy staff in escaping.