Saudi denies it will back Iraq Sunnis
Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister has denied reports that the Sunni-dominated kingdom would step in to back the Sunnis in Iraq’s sectarian conflict in the event of a US pullout. “Since the beginning of the crisis in Iraq and the formation of the government … the kingdom has been saying that it stands at an equal distance from all Iraqi factions,” Prince Saud al-Faisal told a Riyadh news conference. Full Story