Ten Arab countries, including Saudi Arabia, have agreed to join the United States in order to deal with the threat of the Islamic State.

Discussions followed after the agreement between the Arab Ministers of Foreign Affairs with their counterparts in the United States in Jeddah of Saudi Arabia.

In their statement is indicated that they discussed the strategy for the destruction of the Islamic State and the fighters’ wherever they are operating, including Iraq and Syria. ”

The President Barack Obama has threatened with air strikes against positions of jihadists in Syria, as is already happening in Iraq, while John Kerry has undertaken the responsibility to establish the widest possible coalition against jihadists.

The joint statement stated “commitment to act together against the threat posed by terrorism”, including the Islamic State.

Other than Saudi Arabia, the Arab states which took part in the meeting were Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.