Iran says US partnership with Saudi Arabia which Secretary of State Mike Pompeo touted in Riyadh on Sunday will lead to further instability, war, extremism and arms race in the Middle East. 

Saudi Arabia and the UAE are forming a new all-out alliance which will be separate from the [Persian] Gulf Cooperation Council.

Merkel’s spokesman reiterates that the German leader is still a strong supporter of ties with the US.

An analyst says Iran needs to amplify the message behind this intelligent move of allowing Russian Syria-bound planes to fly over its airspace in order to show it works with the world in the fight against terrorism.

James Mattis is in South Korea to reassure Seoul concerning Washington’s commitment to their alliance.

The Iraqi National Alliance gets a new leader, prominent politician Ammar al-Hakim.

Saudi Arabia’s former intelligence chief, Turki al-Faisal, appeared at a forum in Washington with Yaakov Amidror, a former adviser to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.