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Blinken lands in Turkey for talks on Syria upheaval

Blinken lands in Turkey for talks on Syria upheaval

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken walks on the tarmac to speaks to reporters before his departure from King Hussein International Airport in Jordan's southern Red Sea coastal city of Aqaba on Dec. 12, 2024. (Credit: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool/AFP)

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken landed in Ankara late on Thursday and went straight into talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the airport, a U.S. official said. 

He touched down at 8:14 pm and went straight into discussions "in the VIP lounge" at Ankara's Esenboga airport, the official said, as Blinken began the second leg of a regional tour following the ouster of Syria's Bashar al-Assad.


U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken landed in Ankara late on Thursday and went straight into talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the airport, a U.S. official said. 



He touched down at 8:14 pm and went straight into discussions "in the VIP lounge" at Ankara's Esenboga airport, the official said, as Blinken began the second leg of a regional tour following the ouster of Syria's Bashar al-Assad.