30k Saudi Troops Deployed to Iraq’s Border after Iraqi Troops Vacate

30,000 Saudi troops have been deployed to the Iraq border after Iraqi troops fled following ISIL’s incursion, according to a report.

Al Arabiya reports that the troops are being deployed to secure the border with Iraq after the border was left “unprotected.”


The move follows activity along Saudi Arabia’s border to the south with Yemen, where two militia members reportedly blew themselves up, according to a Reuters report:






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