U.S., Saudis Paper Over Differences On Syria, Iran During Kerry Visit -- Washington Post
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Highlighting a divide with the United States over whether to arm the Syrian rebels, Saudi Arabia’s chief diplomat said Monday there is a moral responsibility to speed an end to the civil war, including by helping Syrians fight the regime’s “vicious killing machine.”
“Saudi Arabia will do everything in its capacity. We do believe that what is happening in Syria is a slaughter — a slaughter of innocents,” Prince Saud al-Faisal said during a visit by Secretary of State John F. Kerry. “We cannot bring ourselves to remain silent. Morally there is a duty.”
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My Comment: U.S. - Saudi interests do not see eye to eye on many issues in the Middle East now .... the crisis in Syria probably being number one on this list.
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