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State Dept. won’t comment on Clinton email claim of Saudi, Qatari support for ISIS

State Dept. won’t comment on Clinton email claim of Saudi, Qatari support for ISIS

(CNSNews.com) – State Department spokesman John Kirby on Tuesday declined to comment on a claim, purportedly contained in an email sent by Hillary Clinton in 2014, about Saudi and Qatari government support for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS/ISIL). But Kirby stressed that the U.S. relies on the two Sunni monarchies in the campaign against the jihadist group. "Qatar and Saudi Arabia are members of the counter-ISIL coalition and have been contributing members of that coalition pretty mu

(CNSNews.com) – State Department spokesman John Kirby on Tuesday declined to comment on a claim, purportedly contained in an email sent by Hillary Clinton in 2014, about Saudi and Qatari government support for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS/ISIL). But Kirby stressed that the U.S. relies on the two Sunni monarchies in the campaign against the jihadist group. "Qatar and Saudi Arabia are members of the counter-ISIL coalition and have been contributing members of that coalition pretty mu…