RIYADH, Saudi Arabia President Obama and King Salman of Saudi Arabia spent more than two hours in a closed-door meeting that American officials said was cordial but underscored deep differences with the kingdom over Iran, human rights and the best way to fight terror. The two leaders met in Riyadh on Wednesday against the backdrop of a public debate ...

[caption id="attachment_148177" align="alignright" width="210"] President Obama shakes hands with Saudi Arabia's King Salman at the start of a bilateral meeting at Erga Palace in Riyadh January 27, 2015.CREDIT: REUTERS/JIM BOURG[/caption] (Reuters) - U.S. PresidentBarackObamamet with Saudi Arabia's King Salman on Tuesday to pay respects to the late ...

On Tuesday, Obama arrived to Saudi Arabia to pay respects to the legacy of the late King Abdullah and to touch base on working issues with King Salman, which include the anti-IS fight, the situation in the Middle East, including Yemen, Iran nuclear negotiations. WASHINGTON, January 27 (Sputnik) US-Saudi cooperation tocombat the terrorist group the ...

(Reuters) - PresidentBarack Obamasought to reassure Saudi King Abdullah on Friday that he would support moderate Syrian rebels and reject a bad nuclear deal withIran, during a visit designed to allay the kingdom's concerns that its decades-old U.S. alliance had frayed. Flying by helicopter to the king's desert camp, Obama underscored the importance ...

ROME (AP) -- President Barack Obama is making a fence-mending mission to Saudi Arabia, an important Middle East ally that's grown nervous as the U.S. negotiates with Iran and pulls out troops from Iraq and Afghanistan. Obama left Friday for an overnight trip to Saudi Arabia that has only two items on its public schedule: a meeting and a dinner with ...

(Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama will seek to ease Saudi concerns that he is neglecting an old ally when he visits Riyadh on Friday, months after top Saudis objected to what they saw as a growing rapprochement between Washington and their rival Iran. Rifts over Middle East policy came to a head last year when Washington worked with other powers ...