Trump Adds Iraq to Special Envoy Tom Barrack’s Role in Syria

President Donald Trump said he’s expanding the scope of his special envoy to Syria, Tom Barrack, to include Iraq.

Barrack, the US ambassador to Turkey, became Trump’s Syria envoy in 2025, soon after President Ahmed al-Sharaa took power. His now-renewed appointment to that post had expired on Friday.

“As we advance our strategic cooperation with the Governments of Syria and Iraq, our relationship with them continues to grow,” Trump said in a social post Sunday.

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The US restored diplomatic relations with Syria after the ouster of former leader Bashar Al-Assad. Iraq is poised to get a new ...