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US envoy says Turkey to have key role on ‘new road’ for Mideast after Israel-Iran war
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US special envoy for Syria Tom Barrack looks on during his meeting with Lebanon's prime minister at the government palace in Beirut, Lebanon, on June 19, 2025. (Anwar AMRO / AFP)
ISTANBUL, Turkey — The Israel-Iran 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 says.
“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, tells the Anadolu state news agency.
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