Tom Barrack

US Special Envoy to Syria as of 2025, former US ambassador to Turkey

Thomas Barrack, nominee to be U.S. ambassador to Turkey, testifies during his Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing in Dirksen building on Tuesday, April 1, 2025
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This the longest period during which Washington has gone without appointing an ambassador to Iraq since the 2003 US-led invasion.

Uthman al-Mukhtar
02 June, 2026
The extension of the ceasefire is meant to allow for the integration of the SDF into the Syrian security forces
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Thomas Barrack, nominee to be U.S. ambassador to Turkey, testifies during his Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing in Dirksen building on Tuesday, April 1, 2025
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Barrack is allegedly seeking to deescalate the situation
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Barrack discussed Syria and Lebanon with Netanyahu [Getty]
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Israeli troops patrol the border fence with Syria near the Druze village of Majdal Shams in the Israel-annexed Golan Heights
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A Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II performs a display flight at Al-Maktoum International Airport during the Dubai Airshow 2025
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U.S. ambassador to Turkey Thomas Barrack attends a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump and President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the Oval Office at the White House on September 25, 2025 in Washington, DC
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A view of a graduation ceremony by the Syrian Interior Ministry for 567 general security personnel who completed their training in Tartus, Syria, on November 10, 2025. (Photo by Izz Aldien Alqasem/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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US Ambassador to Ankara and Special Envoy for Syria Tom Barrack holds a press conference in the capital Beirut, Lebanon on August 18, 2025
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Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa arrives for a meeting with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (R) at the Lotte New York Palace Hotel on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York City on September 22, 2025.
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Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa visits with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (off frame) during the United Nations General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York City on September 24, 2025.
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