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Saudi FM warns against partitioning Iraq

The Saudi foreign minister, Prince Saud al-Faisal, warned against partitioning Iraq along sectarian lines and told Iran not to “meddle” in Arab affairs. “For Saudi Arabia, a partition of Iraq is inconceivable. It is essential to avoid it,” al-Faisal said in an interview published Wednesday in the French daily Le Figaro. “This breakup would first of all hurt Iraqis, who have suffered decades of conflict.” Full Story