US envoy clarifies Golan Heights comments after contradicting Trump

Summary

Tom Barrack, President Trump’s U.S. ambassador to Turkey and special envoy for Syria and Iraq, on Sunday walked back comments he made last week suggesting that Israel “still” occupies the Golan Heights in violation of United Nations resolutions, which contradict the president’s position. Barrack made the remark Friday in an interview with Lebanese Australian entrepreneur Mario Nawfal.…