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Emirati President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed al-Nahyan (R) meeting his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad in Abu Dhabi, March 19, 2023. (Rashed Al-Mansoori/UAE Presidential Court/AFP)
January 30, 2024, 6:20 pm
UAE sends first ambassador to Syria since civil war began
Saudi Arabia also opens door for diplomatic ties and may send an ambassador to Damascus soon
By Reuters
United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahyan in Paris, on July 18, 2022. (BENOIT TESSIER / AFP)
July 27, 2022, 6:44 pm
UAE, Iranian top envoys discuss boosting ties to stabilize region
Foreign ministers talk by telephone as Emiratis move towards reconciliation with Islamic Republic, consider returning an ambassador to Tehran
By AFP
University of Pennsylvania President Amy Gutmann during commencement in Philadelphia, May 18, 2009. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
June 30, 2021, 2:10 pm
US said to pick Amy Gutmann, daughter of Holocaust survivor, as Germany envoy
University of Pennsylvania president would be 1st woman to hold the post; has said her father’s early escape from Nazi Germany had a ‘profound influence’ on her
By AFP
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in Istanbul on August 5, 2020. (Turkish Presidency via AP, Pool)
April 22, 2021, 11:40 am
After 3-year hiatus, Turkey invites Israeli minister to diplomatic conference
Move seen as attempt to strengthen relations amid strife over natural gas in the Mediterranean
By ToI Staff
Minister of Public Security Gilad Erdan arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting, at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, June 2, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 3, 2019, 10:31 pm
Netanyahu said to offer UN ambassador post to Gilad Erdan
Public security minister mum on report, has previously turned down job; current UN envoy Danny Danon’s term set to expire this summer
By Paul Shindman
Norm Eisen, left, meeting Vaclav Havel in Prague. (Forum 2000/via JTA)
September 24, 2018, 8:54 am
Trump critic’s book about Prague is a metaphor for Jewish anti-authoritarianism
Former US ambassador Norm Eisen’s ‘The Last Palace’ is an ode to his mother’s homeland and the historic estate he occupied for 3 years, and a grave warning on illiberal democracy
By Ron Kampeas
In this photo from, May 8, 2018, US Ambassador to Germany Richard Allen Grenell stands in front of a military honor guard during an accreditation ceremony for new ambassadors in Berlin. (AFP Photo/Odd Andersen)
June 5, 2018, 12:16 am
Netanyahu says controversial US envoy to Germany a ‘big fan of Israel’
PM has quick meeting at Berlin airport with Richard Grenell, who told Breitbart he wants to ’empower’ the right in Europe
By ToI Staff and AFP
US Ambassador Johnnie Carson, who has served in several African countries. (CC BY 2.0,
January 18, 2018, 11:17 pm
Dozens of ex-US envoys to Africa urge Trump to reassess views
Following president’s dismissal of ‘shithole’ African countries, 78 former ambassadors call for positive interactions with continent
By Cara Anna
Jamie McCourt speaks at TEDxHolyLand in 2010. (Screen capture: YouTube)
August 3, 2017, 11:34 pm
Trump nominates former Dodgers co-owner as ambassador to France
Jamie McCourt, who is Jewish and served as California co-chair for Trump campaign, will also serve as envoy to Monaco
By JTA and AFP
Ambassadors and diplomats gather for a model Passover seder in Tel Aviv, April 2, 2017 (The Israel Project)
April 3, 2017, 1:10 am
At model seder, diplomats sample Israeli tradition
Some 80 envoys gather in Tel Aviv for demo Passover meal using specially printed haggadah for all to join in
By ToI Staff
In this Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017 photo, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-SC, right, talks with David Friedman, center, nominated to be US ambassador to Israel, accompanied by former Connecticut Sen. Joseph Lieberman on Capitol Hill in Washington, during Friedman's confirmation hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
March 7, 2017, 2:01 pm
US senator: David Friedman ‘unfit’ for ambassador posting
Despite opposition, Trump’s nominee for envoy to Israel is expected to be confirmed by the Senate later this week
By Jacob Magid
Then US ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro seen at a farewell session in the Knesset, on January 17, 2017. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
March 5, 2017, 2:30 pm
Former US envoy to Israel to join Tel Aviv-based think tank
Obama-era ambassador, Dan Shapiro, announced as visiting fellow at Institute for National Security Studies
By Alexander Fulbright
Former Bulgarian ambassador to the US Elena Poptodorova, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at the embassy in Washington, Thursday, April 11, 2013 (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
March 2, 2017, 8:57 am
American Jewish Committee official in Warsaw admits stealing cosmetics, resigns
Elena Poptodorova, who twice served as Bulgaria’s ambassador to the US, claims it was a misunderstanding
By JTA
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