Alquwayiyah Principality

The organisation is known by the aliases Alghat Principality, Alohtah Principality, and Alquwayiyah Principality, and its headquarters is located in Saudi Arabia. It functions as an administrative region, often referred to as a principality, within the Saudi governmental structure. As such, its online presence forms part of the network of government websites that represent various administrative divisions across the country. The principality’s role is primarily tied to local governance and public service delivery within its jurisdiction. No further details about its specific services, size, or organisational structure are provided in the available sources.

In January 2014, the Syrian Electronic Army launched a cyberattack that compromised sixteen Saudi Arabian government websites linked to administrative regions, including the site associated with this principality. The attackers defaced the pages with messages condemning the Al Saud regime under the hashtag #ActAgainstSaudiArabiaTerrorism, accusing the government of supporting terrorist groups. As a result, the affected sites were taken offline while administrators worked to restore them. The Syrian Electronic Army later acknowledged that its own operations had been disrupted after Turkish hackers breached its website via the hosting provider, forcing the group to rely temporarily on social media for communication. Despite this setback, the SEA vowed to continue its campaign against targets such as Microsoft. The incident remains one of the few publicly documented cyber events involving the principality’s online assets.