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Saudi Foreign Minister Doesn't Want US Troops to Leave Iraq

Dale Gavlak

   RIYADH - Saudi Arabia's top diplomat says his country does not want
   U.S. troops to leave Iraq, even as Washington bolsters its military
   presence in the Saudi kingdom. Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan
   al-Saud warned that any pullout of American forces from neighboring
   Iraq could make the region less safe.
   The United States has roughly 5,000 troops stationed in Iraq which
   support and advise Iraqi forces in the ongoing fight against Islamic
   State militants, also known as IS, mainly in the country's north.

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