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Tuesday, September 23, 2025
US envoy Barrack: ‘There will probably never be peace’ in Middle East
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleUS ambassador to Turkey and special envoy for Syria Thomas Barrack says “there will probably never be peace” in the Middle East, in an interview with UAE-based IMI media.
“Look, endgame, when we say peace, it’s an illusion. There’s never been peace. There will probably never be peace, because everybody’s fighting for legitimacy,” Barrack says.
“So people say, ‘well, they’re fighting over borders and boundaries.’ It’s not what they’re fighting over; a border or boundary is the currency of a negotiation. The end result is, somebody wants dominance, which means somebody has to submit,” he says.
“There’s no Arabic word for submit. They can’t wrap their head around ‘submit,’ so eventually, prosperity is the only answer,” he adds.
US Envoy to Syria Tom Barrack:
Peace is an illusion. There has never been peace.
There will probably never be peace.
Somebody wants dominance, which means somebody has to submit. There is no Arabic word for submit. They can't wrap their head around submit. pic.twitter.com/WYY6ZyqmZU
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