Speaking at a press conference in the Jordanian city Aqaba, Blinken said that America and its allies 'have an important stake in helping the Syrian people chart this new path.'
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00:00Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said the U.S. has been in direct contact with the
00:07Hayat Tahrir al-Sham rebel group in Syria.
00:11Blinken said he'd laid out the principles for ongoing support for Syria's political
00:15transition.
00:17He said it was important to work with HTS to build the inclusive, nonsectarian, peaceful
00:22and sovereign state the Syrian people want.
00:25Here in Jordan, he also urged Israel and Hamas to conclude a ceasefire and hostage
00:30return deal to bring an end to more than a year of war.
00:34Those comments come on the same day the Palestinian medical official said at least seven people
00:39were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City.
00:43The strike hit a school which was sheltering displaced families.
00:46The hospital which received the casualty said at least 12 people had been injured.
00:51Among the dead was a woman and her two-day-old baby girl.