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Blinken will chair two meetings of the U.N.’s most powerful body on Thursday. But neither will focus on Russia’s war with Ukraine or the Middle East, where the U.S. has been frequently at odds ...

“Our imperative is not to turn back the clock to the way things were before Oct. 7,” Blinken said in remarks at the Atlantic Council. “It is to forge a new reality for the Middle East.” ...

Blinken will wrap up his trip in Paris in meetings with French officials to discuss developments in the Middle East and European security, particularly in Ukraine.

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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is pressing ahead with efforts to unify Middle East nations in support of a peaceful political transition in Syria. He is meeting on Friday with Turkey's ...

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will chair two UN Security Council meetings on artificial intelligence and the Sudan crisis, avoiding contentious issues like Ukraine and the Middle East.