US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is set to embark on a tour of the Middle East next week, the State Department announced Friday. Pompeo leaves on January 8 on the eight-day trip to Amman, Cairo, Manama, Abu Dhabi, Doha, Riyadh, Muscat and Kuwait City. On his second stop in Cairo he will deliver a speech on the US "commitment to peace, prosperity, stability, and security in the Middle East," the department said. Washington is seeking to build a consensus on how to deal with Syria and its supporter Iran in the wake of President Donald Trumps announcement in December of a US troop withdrawal from the war-torn country. It is also seeking a solution to the three-year-old war in Yemen. The warring parties there recently agreed to a ceasefire in the port city of Hodeidah, while UN envoy Martin Griffiths seeks to bring about a new round of talks between them. Pompeo will be accompanied on his trip by national security advisor John Bolton. Bolton planned to depart Friday for Israel and Turkey, his spokesman said. He will focus on Syria and "how the US will work with allies and partners to prevent the resurgence of ISIS, stand fast with those who fought with us against ISIS, and counter Iranian malign behavior in the region," according Garrett Marquis. Bolton was scheduled to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu before being joined in Turkey by the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Joseph Dunford. They are expected to pressure Turkish officials not to launch an offensive targeting Kurdish fighters in Syria.