US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has landed in Amman on the next step of a trip to the Middle East aimed at reducing tensions in the region, Blinken’s spokesman Matthew Miller posted on X early on Sunday. “Jordan is a vital partner in helping to prevent the conflict in the region from spreading,” Miller said. “We are grateful for their leadership in facilitating aid to civilians in Gaza,” he added. After stopping off in Crete in Greece on Saturday, Blinken flew to the Jordanian capital at the start of on an extended tour of the Middle East, his fourth to the region in four months. Apart fr…