Leaders of Gulf states met with their Egyptian and Jordanian counterparts to strategize before a broader Arab summit early next month.

DUBAI (Reuters) -Arab leaders discussed on Friday the joint efforts supporting "the Palestinian cause" and Gaza developments, during an informal meeting in Riyadh attended by Gulf states, Egypt and Jordan,

Earlier this month, the president said he favored taking control of Gaza and displacing the Palestinian population of the devastated seaside enclave. But Egypt and Jordan flatly rejected cooperating.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi appears to have put off a White House meeting with Donald Trump, with one leading Senate Democratic voice on foreign policy calling the move a major snub. The U.