U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is wrapping up a grueling Middle East tour in Turkey after only limited success in efforts to forge a regional consensus on how best to ease Gaza's civilian suffering as Israel intensifies its war against Hamas.
People clash with anti riot Turkish police officers during a pro Palestine protest outside U.S. - Turkish Incirlik military air base in Adana, southern Turkey, Sunday, Nov. 5, 2023. Pro-Islamic Turkish NGO IHH called for people to drive their vehicles in a convoy of demonstrators to gather and protest at U.S. - Turkish Incirlik military air base to show their solidarity with the Palestinians. U.S.
. Troops are expected to enter the city Monday or Tuesday, and are likely to face militants fighting street by street using a vast network of tunnels. Casualties will likely rise on both sides in the month-old war, which has already killed more than 9,700 Palestinians. It was the second day of protests denouncing Blinken’s visit in Turkey. On Sunday, pro-Palestinian protesters clashed with Turkish riot police outside the U.S.-Turkish Incirlik military air base in Adana, in southern Turkey. Police fired tear gas and water cannon as the demonstrators tried to cross fields to enter the base.Blinken’s mission, his second to the region since the war began, has found only tepid, if any, support.
Already Jordan and Turkey have recalled their ambassadors to Israel to protest its tactics and the tide of international opinion appears to be turning from sympathy toward Israel in the aftermath of Oct. 7 to revulsion as images of death and destruction in Gaza spread around the world.
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