US secretary of state arrives hours after pro-Palestinian protesters attempt to storm airbase; Jordanian airdrop comes as communications cut off in Gaza
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US secretary of state Antony Blinken is in Turkey, on the next leg of his diplomatic blitz of the region, on which he is trying to contain the conflict between Israel and Hamas and push or humanitarian pauses to allow aid in to Gaza.
Agence France-Presse has written a good backgrounder with plenty of context on recent relations between the US, Israel and Turkey.
Blinken’s first visit [to Turkey] since Israel went to war with Hamas in reprisal for the militants’ October 7 attack comes with fury at both Israel and the West boiling over on the streets of Turkey and inside the palace of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Police used tear gas and water cannon to disperse hundreds of protesters who marched on an air base housing US forces in Turkey’s southeast hours before Blinken‘s arrival Sunday.
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