Blinken to make surprise stop in Bahrain

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, meets with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, right, in Ramallah in the West Bank, Jan. 10, 2024. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool Photo via AP)
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, meets with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, right, in Ramallah in the West Bank, Jan. 10, 2024. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool Photo via AP)

US top diplomat Antony Blinken will make a surprise visit to Bahrain, a State Department official says, the latest leg of his crisis tour of the Middle East.

After meeting Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Blinken will fly to Bahrain, home base of the US Fifth Fleet, for talks with King Hamad on preventing a regional escalation of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.

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