Blinken to Travel to Turkey After Visiting Iraq in Bid to Prevent Gaza Spillover

Blinken to Travel to Turkey After Visiting Iraq in Bid to Prevent Gaza Spillover
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken boards a plane, en route to Cyprus, at Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Nov. 5, 2023. Jonathan Ernst/Reuters
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BAGHDAD—U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken paid an unannounced visit to Iraq on Sunday, as he tours the Middle East attempting to tamp down tensions after war erupted between Israel and the Hamas terrorist group last month.

After an earlier visit to the West Bank, Mr. Blinken landed in Baghdad on Sunday evening for his first visit to the country as the U.S. top diplomat and held talks with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed al-Sudani.