US to review Saudi links to Muslim insurgents in Myanmar

16 December 2016
US to review Saudi links to Muslim insurgents in Myanmar
A border security guard prepares his equipment on the Sittwe Jetty, Sittwe, Western Myanmar. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA

The US government is reviewing a new International Crisis Group report alleging Saudi Arabian links to Muslim insurgents in Myanmar, Department of State spokesman John Kirby said at a briefing on Thursday, according to sputnik news.
A series of attacks carried out on October 9 that killed nine police officers at three border posts in Myanmar was directed a by a group with ties to Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, the International Crisis Group asserted in the report.
Both countries are long-time allies of the United States. Myanmar's government, led by Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi, has claimed the Rohingya were backed by foreign “terrorists” but has been reluctant to provide further details, the report said.