Meet Saudi Arabia's Bandar bin Sultan: The Puppetmaster Behind The Syrian War
And here is the money quote:
Bandar told Putin, "...The terrorist threat is growing in light of the phenomena spawned by the Arab Spring. We have lost some regimes. And what we got in return were terrorist experiences, as evidenced by the experience of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt and the extremist groups in Libya.... As an example, I can give you a guarantee to protect the Winter Olympics in the city of Sochi on the Black Sea next year. The Chechen groups that threaten the security of the games are controlled by us...
Al Qaeda is miscalculating by making the Sauds look bad with attacks near the Ruskiy Olympics.
And here is the money quote:Bandar told Putin, "...The Chechen groups that threaten the security of the games are controlled by us...