US Secretary of Defense Ash Carter and Russia's Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu spoke by telephone, Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook said.
US Secretary of Defense Ash Carter and Russia's Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu spoke by telephone, Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook said.
Russia has called for a broad coalition to fight Daesh, and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov urged Washington and its allies to engage the Syrian government as a "partner" in this fight.
More than 1.2 million people have already arrived for the Haj, which begins on Tuesday.
SPA said Salman made the same appeal in phone calls to British Prime Minister David Cameron, Russian President Vladimir Putin and French President Francois Hollande.
Firefighters "rescued two pilgrims who were hurt" by the fire in an eighth-floor room of the unnamed hotel, the agency said.
The rebels' Al Masirah television showed footage of a man who identified himself as Sergeant Ibrahim Hakmi of a Saudi brigade.
The UAE has worked tirelessly with its Arab and international partners to alleviate the suffering of the Syrian population and to reach a sustainable solution to the crisis.
"We are going to launch our online platform [www.landmarkshops.com/homecentre] on September 20."
A statement called on "the international community to assume its responsibilities to help Syrian refugees".
The Saudi king sanctions Binladin Group after deadly crane collapse. An investigative commission had concluded that the company "was in part responsible" for Friday's tragedy.