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Wherever he turned in the Middle East, the U.S. secretary of state was met by opposition, reports Joe Lauria. By Joe Lauria Special to Consortium News U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has ended his four-day excursion to the Middle East where he was publicly rebuffed by Israel, sch

Iran says is ready to send humanitarian aid to the besieged Gaza Strip via Egypt.

Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ignored calls from the US that Israel risks losing hope of an eventual peace deal unless it eases the humanitarian crisis in Gaza

Arab leaders decrying the deaths of thousands of Palestinian civilians in the Israel-Hamas war pushed for an immediate cease-fire Saturday even as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned that

Arab leaders repeatedly said the death of thousands of civilians could not be justified as self-defence. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The U.S. is trying to persuade Israel to take a humanitarian pause from airstrikes on Gaza, where Palestinians reported on Saturday that there were multiple fatalities across the besieged enclave.

AMMAN — Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi and his counterparts from Egypt, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar and a senior Palestinian official met on Saturday with the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken over the Israeli ongoing war against the Gaza Strip.

Arab countries have demanded an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, but the US warns this would allow Hamas to regroup

Leaders of several Arab states have called for the immediate ceasefire of the war between Israel and Hamas, a move which the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says could be ineffective.

US Secretary of State Blinken held firm to the US position that a cease-fire would harm Israel's right and obligation to defend its citizens after the surprise attack by Hamas on Oct 7 across southern Israel and said the commitment of US to Israel's right to self-defence remains unwavering