In pictures: Rex Tillerson attends Saudi-Iraqi meeting in Riyadh
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson oversaw the first meeting of a new alliance between Saudi Arabia and Iraq as the US looks to blunt spreading Iranian influence in Iraq and across the Gulf region.
Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz (C) shaking hands with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (C-R) after a meeting of the Saudi-Iraqi Bilateral Coordination Council in the capital Riyadh on October 22, 2017. Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz (C) motions for attendees to take their seats at the start of a meeting of the Saudi-Iraqi Bilateral Coordination Council in the capital Riyadh on October 22, 2017. Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz speaks during a meeting of the Saudi-Iraqi Bilateral Coordination Council in the capital Riyadh on October 22, 2017. US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson listens through his earpiece to a speech translation during a meeting of the Saudi-Iraqi Bilateral Coordination Council in the capital Riyadh on October 22, 2017. US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (C-R) embraces Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi (C-L) prior to a meeting of the Saudi-Iraqi Bilateral Coordination Council in the capital Riyadh on October 22, 2017. Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi listens during a meeting of the Saudi-Iraqi Bilateral Coordination Council in the capital Riyadh on October 22, 2017. US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (L) is received by Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud (R) prior to their meeting in the capital Riyadh on October 22, 2017. Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi (C-L) and Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari (L) are received by Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz (C-R) before a meeting of the Saudi-Iraqi Bilateral Coordination Council in the Saudi capital Riyadh on October 22, 2017. US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (L) meets with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at Al-Awja farm in the capital Riyadh on October 22, 2017. Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz (C) attends a meeting of the Saudi-Iraqi Bilateral Coordination Council with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (C-R) and Iraqi Prime minister Haider al-Abadi (C-L), accompanied by Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari (L), in the Saudi capital Riyadh on October 22, 2017.
