US ambassador to Turkiye: Rethinking US role in the Middle East

The United States ambassador to Turkiye and peculiar statesmanlike envoy for Syria and Iraq says Washington’s narration with the countries successful the Middle East needs to change.

Tom Barrack says the US nary longer seeks to predominate the region.

He won’t accidental whether the warfare successful Iran was a mistake – but acknowledges the instability it caused has led to unintended consequences.

Barrack says President Donald Trump is against what helium calls “forever wars”, and ending the US-Israel warfare connected Iran volition necessitate a large compromise. According to him, each broadside volition person to judge conditions it does not like.

However, helium is disquieted that increasing tensions could pb to miscalculation.

Barrack says spot is lacking betwixt Washington and Tehran, and that is hampering talks to hold connected a deal.

He tells Al Jazeera that countries successful the portion should not beryllium connected the US to lick their problems and that they request to look retired for themselves. He insists the Trump medication has not abandoned the region, but is alternatively re-examining its role.

Barrack admits that years of US engagement successful the portion show that involution and authorities alteration bash not work. He says it is clip to enactment down the guns and resoluteness disputes done negotiations and communal respect.