This is a locator map for the Gulf Cooperation Council member states: Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait and United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo)
FILE - A general view of the city, in Muscat, Oman, on Sept. 15, 2010. This week's attack on a Shiite mosque in the capital stunned Oman, a quiet nation long spared militant violence. It underscores how the Islamic State group has turned to a strategy of surprise, dramatic strikes outside its usual battlegrounds — a way to show its resilience and inspire new recruits. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)
FILE - Militants with the Islamic State group are seen from the outskirts of Suruc at the Turkey-Syria border, after placing their group's flag on a hilltop at the eastern side of the town of Kobani, Syria, on Oct. 6, 2014. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File)
FILE - A woman mourns over the flag-draped coffin of her loved one who was killed in Wednesday's bomb explosion, during the victims funeral ceremony in the city of Kerman about 510 miles (820 kms) southeast of the capital Tehran, Iran, on Jan. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)
FILE - People chant slogans at the scene of Wednesday's bomb explosion in the city of Kerman, about 510 miles (820 kms) southeast of the capital Tehran, Iran, on Jan. 4, 2024. In January, IS claimed responsibility for suicide bombings that killed 84 people in Shiite-majority Iran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)
FILE - In this photo released by Russian Emergency Ministry Press Service on March 23, 2024, firefighters work in the burned concert hall after an attack on the building of the Crocus City Hall on the western edge of Moscow, Russia. (Russian Emergency Ministry Press Service via AP, File)
FILE - A motorist passes by a flag of the Islamic State group in central Rawah, 175 miles (281 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, on July 22, 2014. The U.S. Central Command said Wednesday, July 17, 2024 that the Islamic State group is trying "to reconstitute” as the number of attacks in Syria and Iraq is on track to double those of the previous year. (AP Photo, File)
FILE - Smoke rises as Iraq's elite counterterrorism forces fight against Islamic State militants to regain control of al-Bakr neighborhood in Mosul, Iraq, Dec. 12, 2016. This week's attack on a Shiite mosque in the capital stunned Oman, a quiet nation long spared militant violence. It underscores how the Islamic State group has turned to a strategy of surprise, dramatic strikes outside its usual battlegrounds — a way to show its resilience and inspire new recruits. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, File)