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CHANIA, Greece (Reuters) -Turkey looks set to ratify Sweden’s membership in NATO in the coming weeks, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Saturday, signalling an end to a saga that has frustrated Washington and its allies. The Turkish parliament’s foreign affairs commission approved the bid last week in a key step towards enlarging the Western bloc after 19 months of delays. The next step is a vote in the parliament’s general assembly. Blinken raised the Swedish bid on the first day of a week-long regional tour to address the Gaza conflict. “In Turkey, we also talked about the final…

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