By Angus McDowall ARAR Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - The group **w calling itself the Islamic State rampaged across the border between Syria and Iraq a month ago and has since declared a caliphate across a swathe of the Middle East from Aleppo to the outskirts of Baghdad. Since the group then k**wn as the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) launched its lightning offensive last month in Iraq, Riyadh has sent thousands of troops to the border area. Last month King Abdullah pledged to take "all measures" to protect Saudi Arabia, both from Sunni ISIL, which Saudi Arabia has labeled a terrorist organization, and also from Shi'ite militia in Iraq who have mobilised to fight the insurgents.
07-16-2014, 10:50 PM
Saudi Arabia boosts security on heavily fortified Iraq frontier
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