U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken returns to his hotel in the Saudi capital Riyadh after meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Oct. 15, 2023 (Photo: Jacquelyn Martin/AFP)
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks before boarding a plane, October 11, 2023, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, en route to Israel (Photo: Jacquelyn Martin / POOL / AFP)
prisoners play volleyball, in a Kurdish-run prison housing former members of the Islamic State group, in Qamishli, north Syria. (Photo: Hussein Malla/ AP)
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (right) shaking hands with US Secretary of Antony J. Blinken, Feb. 20, 2023. (Photo: Presidency of the Republic of Turkey)
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein speak to the media prior to a meeting, in the Treaty Room of the US State Department in Washington, DC, on February 9, 2023. (Photo: AFP)
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein speak to the media prior to a meeting, in the Treaty Room of the US State Department in Washington, DC, on February 9, 2023. (Photo: AFP)
