War on Isis: Saudi Arabia ready to join US-led ground operations to destroy terror group

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Saudi Arabia has said it is ready to join any US-led ground operations against Isis in war-torn Syria. The Kingdom is already fighting Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in the war in Yemen on its southern border.

 

The oil-rich kingdom is the birthplace of IS’ (Daesh) brand of Wahhabi-Salafist Sunni Islam, but the Saudi’s are considered a long-time US ally. IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi previously described the country as the “head of the snake and stronghold of disease” a few years ago.

 

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