Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) said Wednesday evening that she was taken aback by President-elect Trump’s demand that the stopgap spending bill be used to increase the debt ceiling. Collins, the top GOP appropriator, told reporters that she was surprised by the call and indicated that it had not come up in talks ahead of the…

Blinken said he spoke to Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani about the situation in Syria after the Assad regime's fall.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan say they are aligned in their vision for Syria.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called Wednesday on Syria's triumphant HTS rebels to follow through on promises of inclusion, saying it can learn a lesson from the isolation of Afghanistan's Taliban.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken called for coordination in Syria’s transition away from former President Bashar al-Assad, as he prepared to leave Jordan and travel to Turkey, a NATO ally and backer of Syrian rebel groups.

By Simon Lewis and Suleiman Al-Khalidi AQABA, Jordan (Reuters) -Top diplomats from the United States, Turkey, the European Union and Arab nations have agreed that a new government in Syria should respect minority rights,

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday there was “broad agreement” between Turkey and the United States on what they would like to see in Syria following the ouster of President Bashar Assad.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken heads Wednesday on an emergency tour after the overthrow of Syria's dictatorship, in a new, last-minute attempt to shape a Middle East legacy after a turbulent year.

The United Nations will play a critical role in the transition of power in Syria following the fall of former strongman leader Bashar al-Assad's regime, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said ...

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken made an unannounced visit ... “could try to take advantage of” the instability in Syria. Blinken, during a visit last November in the wake of the October ...

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives in Jordan at the start of a Syria crisis tour — ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Jordan's King Abdullah II called Thursday for a secure Syria as the top US diplomat began a ...

Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in the Middle East and hoping to ensure a peaceful future for Syria and the surrounding countries after rebels overthrew dictator Bashar al-Assad. NBC’s Matt Bradley reports for TODAY.