Members of Saudi security forces gesture during a military exercise in Arar, near Saudi Arabia's northern border with Iraq March 18, 2015. REUTERS/Faisal AlNasser
DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi security forces undertook an operation against alleged Islamic State fighters in Mecca on Thursday, state television channel Ekhbariya said.
"The security authorities succeeded in their operation against a number of Daesh partisans holed up at a recreational area in Mecca," the TV station said in a news flash, using the Arabic acronym for Islamic state.
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