Jordan`s Abdullah to press Trump administration to step up war on Islamist militants

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Jordanian militants embracing Islamic State ideology killed at least 10 people in an attack in the southern city of Karak last December. A meeting was expected to be arranged with Trump, one official said, but there was no official confirmation. The kingdom is among the few Arab states that have taken part in a U.S-led air campaign against Islamic State militants holding territory in Iraq and Syria. "Abdullah had accused the Obama administration of failing to act decisively and leaving Moscow to fill the vacuum. AMMAN Jordan`s King Abdullah will hold talks with U.S. President Donald Trump`s administration in Washington on Monday on how to bolster the kingdom`s domestic security amid the growing risk of Islamic State militant attacks, officials and diplomats said.