Blinken meets with Qatari officials in push to resolve conflicts in Gaza, Lebanon

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Qatar's emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani in Doha, Oct. 24, 2024. Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli strike on a school sheltering displaced people, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, in Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip, Oct. 24, 2024.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Thursday with Qatar’s ruling emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani as part of a tour of the region in which Blinken has focused discussions on ending the conflicts in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon.