The leaders of some Gulf nations want commitments from President Obama that the US will have their backs if there is violence in the region. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.

AP – Leaders of Gulf nations unnerved by Washington’s nuclear talks with Iran and Tehran’s meddling across the Middle East look to President Barack Obama to promise more than words and weapons at Thursday’s Camp David summit.

They want commitments from Obama that the United States has their backs at a time when the region is under siege from Islamic extremists, Syria continues to unravel, Iraq is volatile and Yemen is in chaos.

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