Suicide bomber kills 13 at mosque in Saudi Arabia

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1. Deadly suicide blast strikes Saudi security forces at mosque near Yemen

BEIRUT — An apparent suicide bombing at a Saudi mosque near the border with war-battered Yemen left more than a dozen people dead Thursday, officials said, marking the latest blast to hit the kingdom.

There were no immediate assertions of responsibility, but the attack follows a spate of suicide bombings in Saudi Arabia claimed by Islamic State militants. It also comes as Saudi Arabia and its allies have escalated its four-month-old war against rebel forces in Yemen.

The official Saudi Press Agency said the blast killed at least 13 people at a mosque in the southern Asir region during prayers by security forces. The report said at least 10 security personnel and three workers were killed.

The Associated Press, citing an Interior Ministry official, placed the death toll at 17.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/deadly-suicide-blast-strikes-saudi-security-forces-at-mosque-near-yemen/2015/08/06/2bb6a042-3c36-11e5-a312-1a6452ac77d2_story.html