President Donald Trump’s visit to Saudi Arabia has been a success so far, where he was greeted not only in a royal manner but the King himself came to greet him on arrival to the Air Force One, a rare honor bestowed only upon a selected few. President was decorated by the Country’s highest civilian honor by the King and the two signed an arms deal worth $110 billion.

Later, the United States and Middle Eastern countries backed a new pact that promises to provide additional troops for defeating Islamic State and makes the Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh the heart of the region’s counter-terrorism operations. It also singles out Iran as a destabilizing force in the Middle East. The document called, Riyadh Declaration, was signed during the summit that brought in Islamic representatives from 55 countries, that vows to combat terrorism in all its forms, address its intellectual roots, dry up its sources of funding and to take all necessary measures to prevent and combat terrorist crimes in close cooperation among their states. According to the report by Saudi Press Agency, part of the document says that the leaders welcomed the establishment of a global center for countering extremist thought to take base in Riyadh, and praised the center's strategic objectives of combating intellectual, media and digital extremism and promoting coexistence and tolerance among peoples.

A new strategic alliance has been formed called the Middle East Strategic Alliance (MESA) to combat terrorism. While the membership details would become clearer over time, probably years, the founding members have committed to a reserve force of 34,000 troops to support operations against terrorist organizations when needed.