Blinken returns to Mideast with US-Israel tensions high
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will make his sixth visit to the Middle East since the Israel-Hamas war broke out in October, as tensions persist between Washington and the Israelis over the conduct of the fighting and the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza.
Blinken, who has been traveling in Europe and Asia since Thursday, will extend his trip and make stops in Saudi Arabia and Egypt to…