Antony Blinken

US Aims to Bridge Israel-Hamas Gaps on Deal

par This Is Beirut, 12/06 18:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken vowed Wednesday to work to seal a Gaza ceasefire agreement, saying not all Hamas demands were acceptable but voicing hope gaps could be closed. Consulting with key mediator Qatar on the Hamas response to the plan outlined by US President Joe Biden, Blinken said the Palestinian group could have given a "clear ...

US Still Reviewing One Bomb Shipment For Israel

par This Is Beirut, 18/06 22:22 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday that Washington is still reviewing one shipment of bombs for Israel over concerns about their use in crowded areas of Gaza, but that other weapons are moving as usual. Blinken's remarks came after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in Tel Aviv that the top American diplomat had assured ...

US Unveils Americas-Wide Semiconductor Production Plan

par This Is Beirut, 17/07 21:02 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken unveiled Wednesday a new plan for countries in the Americas to boost production of semiconductors, which are critical just about everywhere in modern industry and a sector dominated by China. "This initiative will turbocharge countries' capacity to assemble, to test and to package semiconductors, beginning ...

US Announces Sudan Ceasefire Talks

par This Is Beirut, 23/07 22:09 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The United States announced Tuesday that it had invited Sudan's warring sides to hold ceasefire talks next month. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Washington had invited Sudan's regular army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) to start US-mediated negotiations beginning on August 14 in Switzerland. "The United States remains ...

Quad ‘Seriously Concerned’ About Situation in South China Sea

par This Is Beirut, 29/07 10:39 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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The foreign ministers of the United States, Japan, Australia and India expressed on Monday "serious concern" over the situation in the South China Sea in a veiled rebuke to Beijing. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his counterparts in the so-called Quad grouping issued a joint statement calling for a "free and open" Pacific after talks in ...

US to Significantly Step Up Support to Philippines

par This Is Beirut, 30/07 12:36 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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The United States will provide $500 million in military funding to the Philippines, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday, as Washington boosts ties with Manila in the face of China's growing assertiveness. Blinken was in Manila with US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin as part of an Asia-Pacific tour to strengthen Washington's ...

Blinken Asserts Netanyahu's Support for Gaza Ceasefire Proposal

par This Is Beirut, 19/08 21:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu assured him of support for a US proposal to bridge gaps on reaching a Gaza ceasefire, and pressed Hamas to agree. Following three hours of talks with the prime minister in Jerusalem, Blinken said that Netanyahu promised Israel would send a team to ...

Regional Conflict: Iran and Hezbollah Placing Retaliation on Hold Unless…

par Philippe Abi-Akl, 20/08 09:04 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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  On his ninth visit to the region since the Al-Aqsa Flood operation and the subsequent war and massacres in Gaza, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Israel on Sunday to deliver a message from the American administration to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. US efforts to secure a ceasefire through the Doha and Cairo ...

Blinken Meets Egyptian President in Gaza Truce Push

par This Is Beirut, 20/08 19:22 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Top US diplomat Antony Blinken met Egypt's president Tuesday for talks about a Gaza ceasefire after saying Israel had accepted a US "bridging proposal" for a deal and urging Hamas to do the same. The Palestinian militant group, whose October 7 attack triggered the war, said it was "keen to reach a ceasefire" agreement but protested US ...

Blinken Arrives in Qatar for Gaza Truce Push

par This Is Beirut, 20/08 21:58 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Qatar on Tuesday as part of a Middle East tour to push forward talks aimed at ending the 10-month-old Gaza war. A US senior official traveling with Blinken in the Middle East criticized "maximalist" remarks attributed to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on maintaining control of ...

It Is Time for a Truce in Gaza, Says Blinken in Qatar

par This Is Beirut, 21/08 01:19 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Top US diplomat Antony Blinken appealed Tuesday to Hamas urgently to accept a ceasefire plan to ease suffering in Gaza but also entered a public spat with Israel as he capped a new round of shuttle diplomacy. The US Secretary of State closed his ninth wartime trip to the region, in which he warned that the US-backed truce proposal may be the ...

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