Obama in Petra ruins

Obama closes Middle East excursion with visit to Petra ruins 

US President Barack Obama is resolution his visit to the Middle East with a trek to the celebrated internationally demolishes of the antiquated city of Petra in Jordan.

The discretionary part of his visit finished on Friday when he met King Abdullah and vowed a supplemental $200m (£131m) to help Syrian exiles in Jordan.

Journalists state his four-day visit has yielded intermingled comes about.

He facilitated an Israeli rapprochement with Turkey yet there was small advance on the Palestinian issue.

The BBC's North America editorial manager, Mark Mardell, states the American guide's clear warmth towards Israel includes some significant downfalls, and numerous in the Arab planet will feel let down.

Yet, our editorial manager includes, he carried an unobtrusive inform to green Israelis that each individuals merits license and a place that is known for its particular.

Israeli statement of regret

Mr Obama's Marine One helicopter touched down close Petra after a hour-long flight from the Jordanian capital, Amman.


The site of the antiquated city, which is cut into rose-red stone, goes back 2,000 years and is Jordan's top vacation destination, drawing more than a large part of a million guests every year.

A large portion of the president's chance in the Middle East was used in Israel where he held some gatherings with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

A highlight of the visit came when Mr Netanyahu apologised to Turkey for "any blunders that could have accelerated misfortune of life" throughout the 2010 commando assault on a help flotilla that attempted to break the Gaza bar.

He additionally consented to repay the groups of the nine Turkish activists who were slaughtered.

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's office stated he had acknowledged the statement of regret, "in the name of the Turkish individuals".

Mr Obama likewise quickly went to Ramallah in the West Bank to meet Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority.

He urged Palestinians to drop their mandates for a stop in Israeli settlement-assembling as a precondition for peace talks.

Then again, a representative for Mr Abbas stated the Palestinian guide had told Mr Obama the precondition stayed set up.

Addressing a crowd of people of adolescent Israelis in Jerusalem, Mr Obama lauded Jewish nationhood before turning the contention around by focusing on the requirement for Palestinians to offer the aforementioned same qualities of self-determination and equity.

"It is not reasonable that a Palestinian kid can't act like an adult in a state of her particular living their whole lives with the presence of a remote guard that controls the developments of her guardians every last day," Mr Obama stated.

The US guide is because of profit to Washington later for Saturday.