The Council of Arab Interior Ministers' General Secretariat condemned Saturday the "despicable terrorist attack on a mosque in the village of Al-Rawdah in northern Sinai in the Arab Republic of Egypt during Friday prayers, leaving behind dozens of dead and wounded among innocent worshipers."

In an issued statement, the Council Secretariat said: "In remorse for the lives of the fallen victims, the General Secretariat wishes them mercy and forgiveness and their families patience and solace, and a speedy recovery of the wounded."

The Secretariat strongly condemned this "abhorrent brutal act" exposing the "hostility of terrorists that have nothing to do with the true religion of Islam" while declaring its "full solidarity with Egypt in the face of extremism and terrorism

Source: NNA