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| Two Saudi border guards have been killed and a third wounded in a suicide bomb attack on the kingdom's frontier with Iraq, the interior ministry says. | Two Saudi border guards have been killed and a third wounded in a suicide bomb attack on the kingdom's frontier with Iraq, the interior ministry says. |
| Two armed men opened fire on the guards at 04:30 (01:30 GMT), near Judayyidat Arar in Northern Borders province. | |
| One of the assailants was shot dead by the guards, but the other detonated an explosive vest he was wearing. | One of the assailants was shot dead by the guards, but the other detonated an explosive vest he was wearing. |
| No group has said it was behind the attack, but Saudi Arabia has joined the US-led coalition against Islamic State. | No group has said it was behind the attack, but Saudi Arabia has joined the US-led coalition against Islamic State. |
| Royal Saudi Air Force jets are conducting air strikes on the jihadist group's positions in Syria, along with three other Arab states. | Royal Saudi Air Force jets are conducting air strikes on the jihadist group's positions in Syria, along with three other Arab states. |
| The interior ministry said the security services had launched an investigation into Monday's attack. | The interior ministry said the security services had launched an investigation into Monday's attack. |
| One of the guards who was killed was a senior officer, an interior ministry spokesman told Reuters news agency. The officer was named by local media as Gen Oudah al-Belawi. | One of the guards who was killed was a senior officer, an interior ministry spokesman told Reuters news agency. The officer was named by local media as Gen Oudah al-Belawi. |
| Saudi Arabia's heavily-defended border with Iraq has been come under mortar fire on previous occasions, but more direct assaults are rare. | Saudi Arabia's heavily-defended border with Iraq has been come under mortar fire on previous occasions, but more direct assaults are rare. |
| The kingdom deployed thousands of extra troops along the frontier in July after IS seized large swathes of territory in Iraq and Syria. | The kingdom deployed thousands of extra troops along the frontier in July after IS seized large swathes of territory in Iraq and Syria. |
| Judayyidat Arar is close to the border with Iraq's western province of Anbar, parts of which are controlled by IS and its Sunni Arab allies. | Judayyidat Arar is close to the border with Iraq's western province of Anbar, parts of which are controlled by IS and its Sunni Arab allies. |