WASHINGTON (AA) – The US has demanded that Israel improve the humanitarian situation in Gaza within 30 days or risk an American arms embargo, the Biden administration confirmed Tuesday. In a Sunday letter to their Israeli counterparts, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin made “clear our concerns abo...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday discussed the latest developments in the Middle East with his Egyptian Foreign Minister Bedr Abdulati. In a phone call, Blinken thanked Abdulati for Egypt’s continued efforts to reach a cease-fire agreement in Gaza that would secure the release of Israelis held in Gaza and for ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday warned that the ISIS could exploit Israel’s war on Gaza and attacks in Lebanon. “This is a moment of enormous volatility in the Middle East,” Blinken said in his opening remarks at the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS ministerial meeting. “It’s more importa...
Israeli media outlets are claiming that there was coordination between Israel and the United States in the explosions of wireless devices in Lebanon. Thousands of pagers and Icom wireless devices used by Hezbollah and medics exploded across Lebanon this week, causing 26 deaths and injuring over 3,200 people. Israel’s official broadcaster KAN r...
Secretary of State Antony Blinken has arrived in Egypt to attend a three day US-Egypt Strategic Dialogue. However, his more crucial engagement is to secure a cease-fire deal and negotiate prisoner exchange between Israel and Hamas. This is Blinken’s 10th visit to the Middle East since last October, highlighting the US’s active inv...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The family of Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, a Turkish-American activist who was killed Friday by Israeli forces during a protest in the occupied West Bank, urged the Biden administration for an independent investigation into her killing. “A U.S. citizen, Aysenur was peacefully standing for justice when she was killed by a bu...
Port-au-Prince, Haiti – AFP US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday he still hoped to seal a normalization deal between Israel and Saudi Arabia before President Joe Biden steps down in January. “I think if we can get a cease-fire Gaza, there remains an opportunity through the balance of this administration to move forwar...
Port-au-Prince, Haiti – AFP US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday urged both Israel and Hamas to finalize a Gaza truce, standing by US assessments that 90 percent of a deal was ready. Blinken said that the United States would be offering further ideas in coming days through mediators Egypt and Qatar in hopes […]
The House Foreign Affairs Committee has subpoenaed Secretary of State Antony Blinken to testify about the problematic American withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021. Chairman Michael McCaul is demanding Blinken’s testimony on September 19 to address the State Department’s role in the chaotic evacuation efforts. The subpoena could lea...
WASHINGTON (AA) – US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday met with US negotiators of the Gaza ceasefire deal at the White House, during which they discussed “next steps” in the ongoing efforts, said a statement. The meeting at White House Situation Room came after the recovery of the bodies of [&hell...
