Saudi Arabia: 30,000 Saudi soldiers deployed on Iraq border
Saudi Arabia has deployed 30,000 soldiers to its border with Iraq after Iraqi soldiers withdrew from the area, Al-Arabiya television said on Thursday.
The Kingdom shares an 800-km border with Iraq.
The Dubai-based Al-Arabiya said on its website that Saudi troops fanned into the border region after Iraqi government forces abandoned positions, leaving the Saudi and Syrian frontiers unprotected.