DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia will hold talks about militant violence in the region on Thursday with the United States and Muslim allies, the kingdom announced on Tuesday, in an apparent attempt to support international efforts to tackle crises in Iraq and Syria.
The world's No. 1 oil exporter is unnerved by the rapid advance of Islamic State -- a militant group that has overrun swathes of Iraq and Syria -- and fears it could radicalise some of its own citizens and lead to attacks on the U.S.-allied government.
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