US Secretary of State John Kerry has called for efforts to end the conflicts in Syria and Yemen, a senior US State Department official says.
Kerry arrived in Saudi Arabia on Friday and met top Saudi Arabian officials, including Saudi King Salman as well as the kingdom’s crown prince, deputy crown prince and foreign minister at a military base outside Hafr al-Batin.
“Secretary Kerry emphasized that now is the time to keep moving forward toward ending the conflicts in Syria and Yemen,” the US official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told reporters.
Saudi Arabia has been under criticism for sponsoring terrorist groups in Syria and attacking Yemen, killing many innocent people and destroying numerous residential areas and other infrastructures there.
In Syria, foreign-backed militancy, which began in March 2011, has resulted in the death of over 470,000.
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