States at Jeddah conference agree on action against IS
(AGI) Cairo, Sept 12 - The group of states participating at theconference in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, have agreed on coordinatedmilitary action against the Islamic State (IS), the extremistgroup which controls a large portion of Iraq and Syria. SaudiaArabia, the Gulf states, Egypt, Jordan, the U.S., Iraq,Lebanon, and Turkey also agreed on the need to counter allforms of financial support and human resources towards the IS,and reaffirmed their commitment towards rebuilding communitiesdestroyed by the self-proclaimed caliphate. The alliancebirthed at Jeddah further declared its intent to combatterrorist threats throughout the world. .