US Envoy Urges Syria and Lebanon to Pursue Peace with Israel
Tom Barrack, a former advisor to President Donald Trump, leaves US District Court for the Eastern District of New York in a short recess during jury selection for his trial on September 19, 2022, in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. ©Michael M. Santiago / Getty Images North America / Getty Images via AFP

With the Iran-Israel war opening up a new road for the Mideast, Syria and Lebanon need to reach peace agreements with Israel, the US special envoy to Syria said Sunday.

"President (Ahmed) al-Sharaa has indicated that he doesn't hate Israel... and that he wants peace on that border. I think that will also happen with Lebanon. It's a necessity to have an agreement with Israel," Tom Barrack said in an interview with Turkey's state news agency Anadolu.

The Iran-Israel war has opened the way to a "new road" for the Middle East in which Turkey will have a key role to play, Washington's envoy to Turkey said Sunday.

"What just happened between Israel and Iran is an opportunity for all of us to say: Time out. Let's create a new road, (and) Turkiye is key in that new road," Ambassador Tom Barrack, who is also the US special envoy to Syria, told the Anadolu state news agency.

AFP

 

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