Blinken Seeks to Ease Middle East Tensions with Talks in Turkey and Greece

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken held meetings with the leaders of Turkey and Greece on Saturday as part of a week-long trip focused on easing tensions that escalated across the Middle East during Israel's conflict with Hamas in October.

The top diplomat of the Biden administration initiated his engagements in Istanbul, where he met with Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan, a vocal critic of Israel's military actions in Gaza.