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From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, February 6, 2024
From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, February 6, 2024
Blinken heads to Egypt in next stop on Mideast tour seeking ‘enduring end’ to Gaza war
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken disembarks from the plane upon his arrival at King Khalid International Airport in the Saudi capital Riyadh on February 5, 2024. (Mark Schiefelbein/Pool/AFP)
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is due to fly to Egypt today as part of a Middle East crisis tour seeking a new truce and “an enduring end” to the Israel-Hamas war.
In Cairo, Blinken is scheduled to met Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi, the day after holding talks in Riyadh with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
The trip, Blinken’s fifth to the region in the nearly four-month-long war, will later include stops in Israel and Qatar.
