Saudi rejects foreign intervention in Iraq, blames 'sectarian Maliki'


By NoahBrowning
  • World
  • Monday, 16 Jun 2014

DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia rejected on Monday the idea of any foreign interference in Iraq and blamed Baghdad's "sectarian and exclusionary" policies for a lightning offensive by Sunni insurgents.

Rebels from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) have seized several Iraqi cities, threatening to split the country down sectarian lines, a deeply worrying prospect for the region and beyond.

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