US deputy secretary of state to visit Israel, Turkey, and Iraq

The trip advances the U.S. “commitment to advancing stability, security, religious freedom and prosperity across the region. Michael Rigas’s visit will reaffirm the “ironclad” U.S.-Israel relationship. the U.S. official will meet with Iraqi officials and tour U.S. diplomatic sites during his visit to Baghdad and Erbil, and inaugurate the consulate general in the latter city (Read more at JNS).