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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and the top diplomats of Israel and four Arab states hold a landmark meeting to discuss issues from the Iran nuclear negotiations to the global shockwaves of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. IMAGES
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will leave Thursday on a trip to five Arab countries, the West Bank, Turkey and Greece, in addition to a previously announced stop in Israel, the State Department says. Blinken among other issues will "discuss immediate measures to increase substantially humanitarian assistance to Gaza," State Department spokesman Matthew Miller tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas, Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi, Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Lebanon's Prime Minister Najib Mikati arrive at the OIC/Arab League meeting in Riyadh. The summit meeting is expected to underscore demands that fighting in Gaza end before the Israel-Hamas war draws in other countries. IMAGES
Leaders pose for a family photo at the start of the emergency meeting of the Arab League and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in the Saudi capital to discuss Israel's ongoing war in Gaza. IMAGES
Arab foreign ministers meet in Riyadh ahead of an urgent Arab League summit to discuss the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. IMAGES
Jordanian foreign minister Ayman Safadi welcomes Arab foreign ministers from the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Egypt and the secretary general of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), ahead of a summit in Amman Jordan, to discuss the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. IMAGES
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