Saudi Arabia is cooperating with a number of countries in the fight against terror, according to Sultan Al-Tayaar, the Ministry of Interior's legal and international cooperation adviser.

Addressing a seminar at the Naif Arab University for Security Sciences, he said the Ministry of Interior has asserted that a number of countries have links to terrorist organizations, adding that there is international cooperation to ban 8,000 websites that provide a platform for terrorism. While there were only 140 terrorist websites in 1998, the number has now increased to around 8,000 working to lure people into acts of terrorism. Al-Tayaar said the Kingdom's efforts are based on legislative and organizational principles and on the importance of respecting human rights in its fight against terrorism.

Al-Tayaar said there is a joint operations room that includes officials from different security and military sectors. It works on a 24-hour basis to evaluate the security situation and follow up on information related to terrorism.

He added there is also a Security Protection Committee with sub-committees to offer protection to the petroleum and industrial properties, as well as the public domain.

He said Saudi Arabia is training security officers in counter-terrorism through theory, practice and technology.