US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken arrived in Cairo on Tuesday to meet with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi. The aim is to make progress in reaching an agreement brokered by Egypt and Qatar to establish a truce in the Gaza Strip.
Blinken's fifth tour in the region since last October comes at a time when the United States is moving forward with its campaign to respond to factions allied with Iran that launch attacks, and last January killed American forces at a military site in Jordan.