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Turkey sides with Saudi to fight terrorists after mosque attack

Xinhua, May 24, 2015 Adjust font size:

Turkey strongly condemned on Saturday a suicide attack that killed at least 21 at a Shiite mosque in eastern Saudi Arabia, a Turkish official statement said.

"We condemn the attack that left many dead and wounded in a mosque in the province of Qatif of Saudi Arabia," said the statement released by the Turkish Foreign Ministry.

Turkey will continue its cooperation with Saudi Arabia in fight against terrorism," the statement added.

The attack that targeted "Imam Ali" Mosque in Qudaih area of the Saudi city of Qatif also left 66 Shiite worshipers injured.

The Islamic State (IS) claimed responsibility for the blast that killed at least 21 people on Friday in Saudi Arabia.

Saudi security authorities have been involved in a war against internal terror and extremism. Terror cells linked to the IS have been recently dismantled. Endit