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Saudi Arabia on Tuesday killed 37 of its citizens convicted of "terrorism", a rare mass execution in the kingdom three years after dozens of people who precipitated the break-up of relations with Iran.

Tuesday's executions took place in six regions: the capital Ryad, the holy cities of Mecca and Medina, the Sunni region of Al-Qassim (center), that of Assir (south) and that of the Eastern Province where the Shia minority is concentrated, according to the Interior Ministry.

They bring to more than 100 the number of people killed in Saudi Arabia since the beginning of the year, according to a count established from official communiqués.

According to Amnesty International, the kingdom, following a rigorous version of Islam, is among the leading countries in the world's death penalty....