Arab League backs Saudi against 'hostile acts' from Iran
SUNDAY, JANUARY 10, 2016
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CAIRO - Arab League countries on Sunday expressed their full support for Saudi Arabia in dealing with the "hostile acts and provocations of Iran" amid a diplomatic dispute between the bitter rivals.
In a communique, the pan-Arab bloc's foreign ministers meeting in Cairo condemned "hostile Iranian statements" issued in response to the execution of Shiite cleric Nimr al-Nimr in Saudi Arabia on January 2.