U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has canceled her trip to Morocco this after falling ill with a stomach virus, the State Department announced on Monday.
"Since she's still under the weather, we'll be staying put this week instead of heading to North Africa and the Middle East as originally planned," State Department spokesman Philippe Reines said in a statement.
"In her place, Deputy Secretary Burns will travel to Marrakech for the Friends of the Syrian People meeting. We will let you know when she shakes this bug and resumes a public schedule," he said.
Hillary Clinton was scheduled to join foreign ministers from allied nations in Morocco to discuss the 20-month old Syria crisis as rebels fighting to oust President Bashar al-Assad push forward on the battlefield and move to unify the political opposition.
The meeting was to focus on the future of the Syrian opposition and focus on new moves to strengthen and legitimize the recently formed Syrian opposition coalition
