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U.S. NEWSSaturday 5 September 2015
Obama says US, Saudis want inclusive government in Yemen
Continued from front Vice President Joe Biden, right, stands in the Oval Office of the White House during a meeting exercises. The Iran nuclear
deal will provide Iran hun-
On Friday, 22 members of between President Barack Obama and King Salman of Saudi Arabia, on Friday, Sept. 4, 2015, in dreds of billions of dollars
the United Arab Emirates’ in relief from international
military were killed while Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) sanctions in exchange for
fighting the rebels known a decade of constraints on
as the Houthis, the official demanded Assad’s ouster, struggled to limit Tehran’s administration to address the country’s nuclear pro-
news agency WAM said. the Syrian leader remains in influence in Shiite-dominat- these concerns. Secretary gram. Congress will soon
It was believed to be the power through significant ed Iraq. Despite the Saudi of State John Kerry said consider a resolution of dis-
country’s highest number help from Iran. The U.S. has intervention in Yemen, the this week that the U.S was approval of the final pack-
of military casualties since largely abandoned ef- Houthis maintain their hold working with its Arab allies age reached in July, but
its founding in 1971. Pro- forts to uproot the Iranian- over much of the country. in the Persian Gulf on a bal- Senate Democrats have
government Yemeni secu- backed militia Hezbollah The visit of King Salman, listic missile defense system, enough votes to prevent
rity officials said the troops from its dominant position in who ascended the throne special operations training the Republican-led mea-
were killed when a Houthi Lebanon. Washington has in January, is forcing the and large-scale military sure’s success.
missile hit a weapons stor- At a news conference at
age depot. the Saudi Embassy, foreign
Beyond Yemen, Saudi minister Adel Al-Jubeir said
Arabia wants the U.S. to his government endors-
increase support for Syr- es the Iran nuclear deal,
ian rebels fighting the Is- having been assured by
lamic State and seeking Obama that it will block
to topple President Bashar Iran’s path to a nuclear
Assad’s embattled govern- weapon.
ment after four-and-a-half Al-Jubeir also said Salman
years of civil war. And the and Obama discussed a
Saudis want assurances plan to improve American
from the U.S. that the Iran military cooperation with
nuclear deal comes with a Saudi Arabia and other
broader effort to counter Gulf countries, announced
Iran’s destabilizing activi- after a Camp David sum-
ties in the region. mit in May that Salman de-
Four years after Obama clined to attend.q
