A military truck belonging to the Saudi border guards force patrol near a fence on Saudi Arabia's northern borderline with Iraq July 14, 2014. REUTERS/Faisal Al Nasser
RIYADH/DUBAI (Reuters) - With militant Islamists gaining the upper hand in Syria's rebel movement and grabbing big tracts of Western Iraq, Saudi Arabia's ruling family faces an increasingly uncomfortable dilemma.
The Al Saud have long seen the conflicts in Iraq and Syria as a pivotal battle for the future of the Middle East, pitting Sunni Muslims against a radical, revolutionary, Shi'ite Iran.
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