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Kerry meets Saudi foreign minister in bid to ease tensions

DUBAI - US Secretary of State John Kerry met Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal in Riyadh on Monday on the latest stop of a tour partly aimed at easing tensions with Arab powers, State Department officials said.
Saudi Arabia, Washington's main Arab ally, is angry with Washington over what it sees as a weak foreign policy it believes has allowed Israeli settlement construction to continue in the Palestinian territories and conflict to persist in Syria.