Ksa Moves 30,000 Soldiers To Iraqi Border

Saudi Arabia has deployed 30,000 soldiers to its edge amongst Republic of Iraq subsequently Iraqi soldiers withdrew from the area, Saudi-owned Al Arabiya tv set said on Thursday.

The world's overstep stone oil exporter shares an 800km edge amongst Iraq, where Islamic State insurgents as well as other Sunni Muslim militant groups seized towns as well as cities inwards a lightning advance end month.
King Abdullah has ordered all necessary measures to protect the kingdom against potential "terrorist threats", patch tidings way SPA reported on Thursday.

The Dubai-based Al Arabiya said on its website that Saudi troops fanned into the edge part subsequently Iraqi authorities forces abandoned positions, leaving the Saudi as well as Syrian frontiers unprotected.

The satellite channel said it had obtained a video showing approximately 2,500 Iraqi soldiers inwards the desert surface area due east of the Iraqi metropolis of Karbala subsequently pulling dorsum from the border.

An officeholder inwards the video aired yesteryear Al Arabiya said that the soldiers had been ordered to quit their posts without justification. The authenticity of the recording could non at nowadays last verified.-Arabian Business

 

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