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Secretary Pompeo concludes Mideast tour early

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with Saudi Arabia’s King and Crown Prince this morning, in a regional trip cut-short, as the American top diplomat heads home this evening to attend a family funeral. According to reporters travelling with Secretary Pompeo, the top U.S. diplomat met separately with King Salman for 35 minutes and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for another 45 minutes. According to a statement by the U.S. Embassy in Riyadh, Pompeo and the crown prince had agreed on the need for a continued de-escalation in Yemen and adherence to agreements made last month to end a nearly four-year civil war between Yemen’s Saudi-backed government and the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels.