By Jason Szep JEDDAH (Reuters) - The United States signed up
Arab allies on Thursday to a "coordinated
military campaign" against Islamic State fighters, a major step in building regional
support for President Barack Obama's plan to strike both sides of the Syrian-Iraqi frontier. After talks in Saudi Arabia's summer capital Jeddah, Secretary of State John
Kerry won backing from 10
Arab countries - Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Leba**n and six Gulf states including rich rivals Saudi Arabia and Qatar - for a coalition to fight the Sunni militants that have seized swathes of Iraq and Syria.
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