Blinken raises Hamas with Saudi crown prince on Mideast crisis tour

By Agence France-Presse

Oct 15, 2023 3:21 pm

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called for pressure on Hamas during a meeting Sunday with the de facto leader of Saudi Arabia, which has warming ties with Israel but has put normalization on hold.

The top US diplomat met for nearly an hour in the early morning with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the royal's farm residence in the Riyadh area, a US official said.

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