Blinken holds talks with Turkish Foreign Minister in Ankara

On Monday, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan in Ankara on Monday, following a tour of the Middle East focused on the Israel-Hamas war. Blinken's first visit to Turkiye since Israel went to war with Hamas in retribution for the attack.
Blinken held bilateral talks in Turkiye aimed at soothing the anger of one of Washington's most strategic but difficult allies about the bloodshed in Gaza. They would have been packed with problems even before Israel launched a relentless bombing and expanding ground campaign aimed at eradicating Hamas.
The war threatens to have broad repercussions on Washington's relations with Turkiye a NATO member with a muscular foreign policy and stakes in conflicts across the Middle East.