Saudi Arabia has the greatest stake in Al Anbar. They took the province under their wing during the USA occupation of Iraq and provided technology to find water and oil as an income to that province.
Saudi Arabia has mastered the well being of it's people with militants walking the streets of that nation. I would think with Saudi Arabia sharing a border with Al Anbar, would act in a manner best for their sovereignty and the safety of the Sunni people.
NOWHERE IS SAFE: Sunni families who fled Fallujah wait to enter Karbala along the border with Anbar province. (AFP)
...Parts of Ramadi and all of Fallujah (click here) were lost by government forces last week. This is the first time militants have exercised such open control in major cities since the height of the insurgency that followed the 2003 US-led invasion.
“It is not possible to assault it (Fallujah) now” due to concerns about civilian casualties, Defense Ministry spokesman Staff Lt. Gen. Mohammed Al-Askari told AFP.
In Ramadi, farther west, fighters loyal to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) were still holding the south of the city, after fighting off the overnight assault, police said.
“Security forces and armed tribesmen tried last night to enter areas controlled by ISIL fighters in the south of the city,” a police captain in Ramadi told AFP.
“Clashes between the two sides began about 11:00 p.m. (2000 GMT) last night and continued until 6:00 am,” he said, adding that “security forces were not able to enter these areas and ISIL fighters are still in control.”
Four civilians were killed and 14 wounded in the fighting, said Ramadi hospital’s Dr. Ahmed Abdul Salam, who had no casualty figures for security forces or the militants.
Meanwhile, three loud explosions were heard outside Fallujah early Tuesday, a witness said, as the army remained in positions outside the city....
Saudi Arabia has mastered the well being of it's people with militants walking the streets of that nation. I would think with Saudi Arabia sharing a border with Al Anbar, would act in a manner best for their sovereignty and the safety of the Sunni people.
NOWHERE IS SAFE: Sunni families who fled Fallujah wait to enter Karbala along the border with Anbar province. (AFP)
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Published — Wednesday 8 January 2014
“It is not possible to assault it (Fallujah) now” due to concerns about civilian casualties, Defense Ministry spokesman Staff Lt. Gen. Mohammed Al-Askari told AFP.
In Ramadi, farther west, fighters loyal to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) were still holding the south of the city, after fighting off the overnight assault, police said.
“Security forces and armed tribesmen tried last night to enter areas controlled by ISIL fighters in the south of the city,” a police captain in Ramadi told AFP.
“Clashes between the two sides began about 11:00 p.m. (2000 GMT) last night and continued until 6:00 am,” he said, adding that “security forces were not able to enter these areas and ISIL fighters are still in control.”
Four civilians were killed and 14 wounded in the fighting, said Ramadi hospital’s Dr. Ahmed Abdul Salam, who had no casualty figures for security forces or the militants.
Meanwhile, three loud explosions were heard outside Fallujah early Tuesday, a witness said, as the army remained in positions outside the city....
