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Monday 11 SepteMber 2017

Russian envoy visits Saudi Arabia for Syria, Gulf talks

By ABDULLAH AL-SHIHRI policy, visited Russia in May
AYA BATRAWY to boost ties between the
Associated Press world’s two top oil produc-
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) ers.
— The Saudi king and Rus- Saudi Arabia’s state news
sia’s foreign minister met agency said the monarch
in Saudi Arabia on Sunday and Lavrov discussed the
ahead of a possible visit by wars in Syria and Yemen, as
the monarch to Russia next well as an Arab diplomatic
month. crisis with Qatar.
King Salman greeted Ser- Russia and Saudi Ara-
gey Lavrov at his summer bia back warring sides in
palace in the Red Sea city Syria’s conflict, with the
of Jiddah before the Rus- kingdom supporting Sunni
sian envoy’s meeting with rebel groups fighting the
Crown Prince Moham- Syrian government, which
med bin Salman. The king’s is backed by Moscow and
32-year-old son and heir to Shiite-ruled Iran. In a brief
the throne, who oversees press conference with
Saudi energy and defense Saudi Foreign Minister Adel

In this photo released by Saudi Press Agency, SPA, Saudi King Salman, right, receives the Russian
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at Al-Salam Palace in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, Sunday Sept. 10, 2017.
(Saudi Press Agency via AP)
al-Jubeir in Jiddah, Lavrov the region, where he met June, but the call only led
said Russia supports Saudi with leaders in Kuwait, the to further public squab-
Arabia’s efforts to unite the United Arab Emirates and bling. Saudi Arabia, the
Syrian opposition into one Qatar. UAE, Bahrain and Egypt
group. Over the weekend, Saudi cut ties with Qatar over its
Lavrov is scheduled to visit Arabia’s crown prince and ties with Islamist groups and
Jordan next. Last month, Qatar’s ruling emir spoke relations with Iran. The four
the Arab diplomatic crisis for the first time since a also accuse Qatar of sup-
with Qatar drew Lavrov to diplomatic crisis erupted in porting extremist groups.q
Iraq holding hundreds of IS family members

By BALINT SZLANKO sul, Iraqi security officials and Syria to live in the IS
SALAR SALIM said. The officials spoke on group’s self-styled Islamic
Associated Press condition of anonymity in caliphate. The territory un-
MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — Iraqi keeping with military proto- der their control has rapidly
forces are holding more col. shrunk over the past two
than 1,300 foreign women They say the women years as Iraqi and Syrian
and children, the families and children will not be forces have retaken sev-
of Islamic State fighters, at charged with crimes and eral cities and towns.
a camp for displaced peo- will likely be repatriated to “We couldn’t practice our
ple in northern Iraq. their home countries. Most religion in Azerbaijan. We
The 1,333 individuals, from hail from Central Asia, Rus- couldn’t wear the niqab (a
14 countries, surrendered sia and Turkey, but the veil that covers the face)
to Kurdish forces at the end group also includes people because there were in-
of August after an Iraqi of- from as far away as Japan telligence officers every-
fensive drove the extrem- and South Korea. where,” said Feyruza, who
ist group from the northern Tens of thousands of for- is originally from Dagestan
town of Tal Afar, near Mo- eigners traveled to Iraq in Russia.q