US envoy apologizes for calling Lebanese reporters “animalistic”
US envoy apologizes for calling Lebanese reporters “animalistic”
US envoy Tom Barrack apologized on Thursday for calling reporters “animalistic” during a press conference in Lebanon earlier this week.
In an interview with media personality Mario Nawfal on X, Barrack, the US ambassador to Turkey and envoy to Syria, said he had not intended the remark “in a derogatory manner” but acknowledged it was “inappropriate.”
He visited Beirut on Tuesday with a delegation of US officials to discuss Lebanon’s efforts to disarm Hezbollah and implement the ceasefire agreement with Israel that ended last November.
During the press conference, journalists shouted for him to move to the podium. Barrack received backlash when he told them to “act civilized” and threatened to end the conference early.
🚨MAJOR INTERVIEW: U.S. ENVOY BREAKS SILENCE AFTER MIDDLE EAST PEACE TALKS
— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) August 27, 2025
I just finished an incredible conversation with arguably the most important man in the thick of the current peace deliberations between Hezbollah, Lebanon, Israel, and Syria.
Special Envoy and Ambassador… https://t.co/qCMRNJPlVj pic.twitter.com/5t8TDVcAMX
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