Blinken in Jordan on Mideast tour to shore up Gaza truce

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken landed in Jordan Wednesday on the last leg of a Mideast tour that aims to shore up an Egypt-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza. After meeting Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi — whom he praised for helping bring an end to the intense violence “relatively quickly” […]