Secretary of State Antony Blinken is returning to the Middle East this week on his 12th visit since the Israel-Hamas war erupted last year.

The State Department says it isn't actively reviewing the “foreign terrorist organization” designation of the main Syrian rebel group that overthrew of President Bashar Assad’s government this weekend.

The Biden administration says the U.S. will rejoin the U.N.'s educational and scientific organization after a five-year absence that began while Donald Trump was president.