NNA - US Secretary of State Marco Rubio left Israel for Saudi Arabia on Monday, a day after reaffirming US support for Israel during meetings in Jerusalem, an AFP journalist reported.

Rubio's plane took off from Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv, bound for Riyadh, where he is set to meet Saudi leaders before heading to the United Arab Emirates on his first tour of the Middle East as Washington's top diplomat.--AFP

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