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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during his week-long trip aimed at calming tensions across the Middle East, in Al Ula, Saudi Arabia, Monday, Jan. 8, 2024. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool Photo via AP)

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US secretary of state rallies Mideast leaders to prepare for Gaza's post-war future
By MATTHEW LEE - AP Diplomatic Writer
Mon,01/08/24-4:20AM , 163 Reads
AL ULA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday that four key Arab nations and Turkey have agreed to begin planning for the reconstruction and governance of Gaza once Israel’s war against Hamas ends.
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, shakes hands with Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani, during Blinken's week-long trip aimed at calming tensions across the Middle East, at Lusail Palace in Lusail, Qatar, Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool photo via AP)

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Blinken meets Jordanian and Qatari leaders on new Mideast push to keep Gaza war from spreading
By MATTHEW LEE - AP Diplomatic Writer
Sun,01/07/24-2:35AM , 155 Reads
DOHA, Qatar (AP) — On another urgent diplomatic mission to the Middle East, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Sunday with Arab partners to press for their help in tamping down resurgent fears that Israel’s three-month war against Hamas in Gaza could spread.
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives on the island of Crete, Greece, Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024 during his week-long trip aimed at calming tensions across the Middle East. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool Photo via AP)

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Blinken says Turkey is committed to a 'positive' role in postwar Gaza as he opens a diplomatic push
By MATTHEW LEE - AP Diplomatic Writer
Sat,01/06/24-4:09AM , 148 Reads
CHANIA, Greece (AP) — U.S.
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Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks at the State Department, Dec. 7, 2023, in Washington.Blinken is heading to the Middle East for the fourth time since the Israel-Hamas war erupted in October as once-abated fears about a regional conflagration are surging with attacks and assassinations in the Red Sea, Lebanon, Iran and Iraq.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

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Blinken heads to the Mideast again as fears of regional conflict surge
By MATTHEW LEE - AP Diplomatic Writer
Thu,01/04/24-11:41AM , 196 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — As the Biden administration grapples with an increasingly tense and unstable situation in the Middle East, Secretary of State Antony Blinken is heading to the region this weekend for the fourth time in three months on a tour expected to focus largely on easing resurgent fears that the
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