Revolutionary Guards have broken up a group of militants in southeast Iran who were linked to a suicide bombing that killed 27 guards near the border with Pakistan last week, the Corps said on Monday.

Security Spokesman of Saudi Ministry of the Interior said that at 10 am on Sunday (April 16, 2017), while dismounted patrol was conducting its duty in Jazan Region, a landmine exploded in it, killing a Corporal and injuring 3 of his colleagues, who were admitted to hospital for treatment, Saudi Press Agency reported.

The Saudi Ministry of Interior announced on Sunday that it uncovered a terrorist cell in Shaqraa that has links with �ISIS� and foiled a terrorist thread that targeted the Jewel (Al-Jowharah) stadium in Jeddah. The ministry also arrested 9 perpetrators in terrorist crimes.

Saudi Arabia has arrested 17 suspected Islamic State sympathisers accused of plotting attacks on religious officials, security forces, civilian districts and economic and military targets, the interior ministry said on Monday.