DOHA — Saudi Arabia’s King Salman sent condolences to Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Monday after a church bombing in Cairo, a supportive gesture amid reports of tensions between the Arab states over Syria’s war.

A bombing at Cairo’s largest Coptic cathedral on Sunday killed at least 25 people in an attack the monarch called a “cowardly assault” on Egypt’s security, according to Saudi press agency SPA.

“We send heartfelt condolences to your excellency and the people of Egypt as well as the families of the victims,” SPA quoted Salman as saying in a telegram to Sisi.

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(Reporting by Ali Abdelaty; Writing by Tom Finn; Editing by Tom Heneghan)