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Terrorist attack in Saudi Arabia serves interests of “Iran-backed Militias”, Hariri says

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Former Prime Minister of Lebanon Saad Hariri on Friday condemned the suicide bombing that rocked a Shiite mosque in the eastern Saudi region of Qatif as as “terrorist” attach aimed at “stirring sedition” that serves the interests of Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis.

Hariri said in a statement: “The objectives of this criminal attack are obvious, because it is part of a vicious cycle seeking to stir sedition among the sons of the kingdom and to jeopardize its stability.”

“As we extend our warmest condolences to the families of the martyrs who fell in the terrorist bombing, we address to … King Salman bin Abdul Aziz — in the name of all loyal Lebanese – our sincerest feelings of solidarity in the face of the challenges that the kingdom is facing,” Hariri added.

“We underscore our condemnation of any act that harms Saudi Arabia and its people and we declare our confidence in his leadership in the face of the threats,” Hariri said.

“The bombing that rocked the Qatif region directly serves the interest of those affected and intersects with the interest of the Huthi militias and the rest of militias that are subservient to Iran,” added Hariri.

A suicide bomber killed 21 worshippers on Friday in a packed Shia mosque in eastern Saudi Arabia, residents and the health minister said, the first attack in the kingdom to be claimed by Islamic State militants.

More than 150 people were praying when the huge explosion ripped through the Imam Ali mosque in the village of al-Qadeeh, witnesses said.

A video posted online showed a hall filled with smoke and dust, with bloodied people moaning with pain as they lay on the floor littered with concrete and glass.

Islamic State said in a statement that one of its suicide bombers, identified as Abu ‘Ammar al-Najdi, carried out the attack using an explosives-laden belt that killed or wounded 250 people, US-based monitoring group SITE said on its Twitter account.