{"id":141882,"date":"2026-06-02T11:30:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T11:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/141882\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T11:30:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T11:30:11","slug":"us-envoy-to-ankara-tom-barrack-adds-iraq-special-representative-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/141882\/","title":{"rendered":"US envoy to Ankara Tom Barrack adds Iraq special representative role"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"--text-fz:var(--mantine-font-size-md);--text-lh:var(--mantine-line-height-md);--text-color:var(--mantine-color-dimmed)\" class=\"mantine-focus-auto detailText m_b6d8b162 mantine-Text-root\" data-variant=\"text\" data-size=\"md\" color=\"dimmed\">Tom Barrack, the United States ambassador to T\u00fcrkiye and special envoy to Syria, has expressed satisfaction at his additional appointment as special representative to Iraq. In a post on social media, Barrack said he was honoured to accept the special envoy title under President Donald Trump\u2019s \u201cbold leadership,\u201d adding: \u201cIt is an honour to serve Donald Trump, who has achieved what no predecessor could in the Middle East.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Strategic vision<\/p>\n<p style=\"--text-fz:var(--mantine-font-size-md);--text-lh:var(--mantine-line-height-md);--text-color:var(--mantine-color-dimmed)\" class=\"mantine-focus-auto detailText m_b6d8b162 mantine-Text-root\" data-variant=\"text\" data-size=\"md\" color=\"dimmed\">Barrack claimed that US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has \u201csignificantly changed the paradigm of American foreign policy in the region.\u201d He noted that the US\u2011centred balance\u2011of\u2011power approach works best when regional allies take on greater responsibility and increase cooperation among themselves. \u201cThis should happen within a framework that protects US interests, regional stability, and core strategic objectives,\u201d Barrack said. The expanded role allows Barrack to coordinate policy across T\u00fcrkiye, Syria, and Iraq \u2014 three interconnected theatres where US interests often intersect with Turkish security concerns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tom Barrack, the United States ambassador to T\u00fcrkiye and special envoy to Syria, has expressed satisfaction at his&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":141883,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[14],"tags":[35627,94,95,392,10738],"class_list":["post-141882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-iraq","tag-barrack","tag-iraq","tag-syria","tag-trump","tag-turkiye"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116680289443683236","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141882"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141882\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/141883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}