Al Ayla

Al Ayla, aka The Family, are the secondary antagonists of the Alex Cross novel Kill Alex Cross. The Family are a Saudi terrorist cult obsessed with taking down DC. Starting with poisoning the water supply, the Family then attacks Washington Station, killing two guards in an escape. Suspected of kidnapping the president's children as well, it's disproven not long after several of the terrorists are arrested. When ever the members and partners in crime are suspected of betrayal or nearly caught, they're either murdered or brainwashed into suicide. It turns out one cult member was an FBI informant who infiltrated the ranks, and when she's taken into custody as well, she's revealed the terrorists never committed the main crime the novel is surrounded by: the abduction of the president's children, committed by school nurse Glass. Hala and Tariq Al Dossari retreat to Jibbo, or "Grandfather", and the last conspiring family. All agree to take suicide pills, which Tariq does first. All but Hala, so she instead shoots Jibbo and the family before making a run for it under a new identity.

Members

 * Jibbo, aka "Grandfather"
 * Hala and Tariq Al Dossari
 * "Uncle" and his wife
 * Two couples
 * A couple and their sons