MANAMA: King of Bahrain Hamad bin Isa praised US efforts to protect world peace and stability at a meeting with US special envoy retired Gen. Anthony Zini and Under Secretary of State for Arabian Gulf Affairs, Timothy Lenderking, in the capital Manama. The three men held talks on bilateral relations. Discussing the blockade of Qatar by its Gulf neighbors over claims of terrorist financing, the Bahraini ruler reiterated that the “solution to the crisis lies in Riyadh.”