His Majesty King Abdullah on Thursday received a telephone call from Saudi King Salman Bin Abdulaziz.

King Salman expressed his condolences to King Abdullah and the Jordanian people over the death of security personnel and civilians in the “cowardly” terrorist attack in Karak this week.

The Saudi King also voiced his condemnation of the “heinous terrorist act”, stressing that Saudi Arabia stands with Jordan in the fight against terrorism and its “criminal gangs”.