US envoy Tom Barrack says Washington is no longer a regional security guarantor

Single source · Doha, Qatar · 2026-10-20 10:44 UTC

US ambassador to Turkey and special envoy Tom Barrack spoke at the Global Security Forum in Doha, Qatar, saying America is 'no longer there' as a guarantor of world security and that Washington is moving to a new approach in the Gulf, according to Middle East Eye. Al Jazeera reported him saying the US is leaving its oil-for-security approach to the Middle East but not the region itself. An anonymous X account summarized him as saying Washington is no longer a regional security guarantor and that Saudi military options in Yemen are unlikely to succeed.

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• @ME_Observer_ (X), 2026-10-20 10:44 UTC
• Al Jazeera, 2026-10-20 10:45 UTC
• Al Jazeera English (Telegram), 2026-10-20 10:46 UTC
• Middle East Eye, 2026-10-20 19:13 UTC
• Middle East Eye, 2026-10-20 20:37 UTC

First reported 2026-10-20 10:44 UTC; last updated 2026-10-20 20:39 UTC.

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