Saudi Arabia strongly condemned the truck bombing near a crowded marketplace in south Kirkuk, Iraq, and the suicide bomb attack which targeted a mosque in the town of Mubi, in northern Nigeria, leaving dozens of people dead and injured. 

An official source from the Foreign Ministry reaffirmed Saudi solidarity with the two countries in confronting terrorism and extremism. The source extended condolences to the families of the victims and to the Government and people of Iraq and Nigeria, wishing the wounded a speedy recovery.