
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken made an unannounced visit to Iraq on Friday to meet with Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani as the international community grapples with the implications of the Syrian government’s collapse.
Blinken's meeting with Sudani in Baghdad comes as part of a series of discussions in Turkey and Jordan to coordinate an approach to Syria following the sudden fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime to rebel forces last weekend.