US Secretary of State Antony Blinken led an intense diplomatic effort to broker the deal, telling the Turkish president three times during a trip to Ankara just after the February 2023 earthquake that there would be no planes if Turkey blocked Sweden's NATO bid, the US official said.
Israel pounds Gaza with airstrikes after Hamas rocket fire
Israeli warplanes hit Hamas military sites in the Gaza Strip on Saturday in retaliation for rocket fire from the Palestinian enclave run by the Islamist movement, the Israeli army said.
Qatar gets first batch of Boeing F-15 fighter jets
They were produced by the United States and Boeing in partnership with Qatar itself.
