Antony Blinken, the US secretary of state, met Jordan's King Abdullah in the Red Sea town of Aqaba yesterday - the first stop of a short regional tour.
The future of Syria after the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad dominated discussions, as well as issues including the destruction of Syria's chemical weapons stockpiles, humanitarian aid, and "preventing Syria from being used as a base for terrorism or posing a threat to its neighbours", a spokesperson said.
Blinken, who has made multiple trips to the Middle East since the war in Gaza began 14 months ago, was due to head to Turkey later yesterday. So far any ceasefire in Gaza has been elusive, and, despite last month's fragile agreement that has ended hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon, US prestige in the region has been harmed as a result.
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