US leaving oil-for-security approach, not Middle East: Envoy Tom Barrack
Barrack highlights limits of US interventions, admitting past regime changes in the Middle East were often mistakes.
Al Jazeera English reports: Barrack highlights limits of US interventions, admitting past regime changes in the Middle East were often mistakes.
This world story centres on the United States. Names and organisations mentioned in the coverage include Middle East and Envoy Tom Barrack.
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