Amid diplomatic manoeuvres in the push for an end to the Israel-Palestine conflict, Middle East expert John Strawson says the crisis has reached a critical moment.
With gang leaders demanding his removal, and the neighbouring Dominican Republic not welcoming him, the United States allowed him to land in Puerto Rico, a US territory.
President William Ruto received a call on Saturday from US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, during which they discussed the Haiti crisis.
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is the second consecutive Zimbabwean leader to face US sanctions following veteran President Robert Mugabe.
Meeting Rwandan President Paul Kagame at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Blinken promised US support for regional diplomacy to end violence in eastern DRC.
Blinken declined to say on Tuesday whether Netanyahu's views had shifted in their discussions.
"Far too many Palestinians have been killed. Far too many who suffered these past weeks, and we want to do everything possible to prevent harm to them and to maximise the assistance that gets to them," Blinken said.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday he had discussed with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu potential "humanitarian pauses" in the war in Gaza.