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Palestinians ride donkey carts during the ongoing Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip in Khan Younis on Friday, Nov. 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

Jordan’s foreign minister offers blistering criticism of Israel as its war on Hamas rages on

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

In this June 7, 2017 file photo, Brett McGurk, the U.S. envoy for the global coalition against IS, speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Embassy Baghdad, Iraq. McGurk has resigned in protest to President Donald Trump’s abrupt decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria, joining Defense Secretary Jim Mattis in an administration exodus of experienced national security officials. AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Brett McGurk: Syria crisis ‘going to get worse’

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

FILE - In this June 7, 2017, file photo, Brett McGurk, then U.S. envoy for the global coalition against IS, speaks during a press conference at the U.S. Embassy Baghdad, Iraq. President Donald Trump is recycling familiar fictions concerning the Iran nuclear deal as he lashes out at a Republican senator who criticized him and a U.S. official who resigned in protest against Trump’s plan to pull troops from Syria. Trump slapped both critics in one tweet Monday: “For all of the sympathizers out there of Brett McGurk remember, he was the Obama appointee who was responsible for loading up airplanes with 1.8 Billion Dollars in CASH &amp; sending it to Iran as part of the horrific Iran Nuclear Deal (now terminated) approved by Little Bob Corker.” (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, File)

AP FACT CHECK: Trump revisits old fictions about Iran money

By CALVIN WOODWARD - Associated Press

Brett McGurk, U.S. envoy for the global coalition against IS, speaks during a briefing at the State Department in Washington, Friday, Aug. 4, 2017, (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Mick Mulvaney ‘never heard of’ Brett McGurk before resignation

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

U.S. Special Presidential Envoy Brett McGurk, the U.S. representative to the anti-Islamic State coalition, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 28, 2016, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. McGurk said morale inside the extremist group is plummeting as the forces arrayed against it are gaining momentum. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)

Brett McGurk resigns in protest over Trump Syria withdrawal

By Matthew Lee - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 7, 2017 file photo, Brett McGurk, the U.S. envoy for the global coalition against IS, speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Embassy Baghdad, Iraq. McGurk has resigned in protest to President Donald Trump’s abrupt decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria, joining Defense Secretary Jim Mattis in an administration exodus of experienced national security officials. AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Trump loses US envoy to anti-IS coalition over Syria plan

By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 7, 2017 file photo, Brett McGurk, the U.S. envoy for the global coalition against IS, speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Embassy Baghdad, Iraq. McGurk has resigned in protest to President Donald Trump’s abrupt decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria, joining Defense Secretary Jim Mattis in an administration exodus of experienced national security officials. AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Trump loses US envoy to anti-IS coalition over Syria plan

By MATTHEW LEE and SUSANNAH GEORGE - Associated Press

Illustration on Brett McGurk by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Donald Trump must not make same mistake of backing Iran’s proxies

By Rachel Avraham

Brett McGurk, center, the special presidential envoy for the global coalition against the Islamic State visits water treatment plant south of Mosul on Monday, May 15, 2017. The senior U.S. official says the fight to retake Mosul from the Islamic State group is approaching its &quot;final stages.&quot; (AP Photo/Bram Janssen)

U.S. trumpets Mosul gains, but Iraq says more aid needed

By SUSANNAH GEORGE - Associated Press

U.S. Special Presidential Envoy Brett McGurk, the U.S. representative to the anti-Islamic State coalition, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 28, 2016, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. McGurk said morale inside the extremist group is plummeting as the forces arrayed against it are gaining momentum. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)

ISIS losing ground, ‘days numbered’ in Mosul, top U.S. official says

By Jessie Fox - The Washington Times

U.S. Special Presidential Envoy Brett McGurk, the U.S. representative to the anti-Islamic State coalition, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 28, 2016, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. McGurk said morale inside the extremist group is plummeting as the forces arrayed against it are gaining momentum. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)

Brett McGurk, U.S. official, tells Congress: Anti-Islamic State forces gaining momentum

By Richard Lardner - Associated Press

President Barack Obama sits with Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Secretary of State John Kerry, center right, and Gulf Cooperation Council leaders and delegations at Camp David, Md., Thursday, May 14, 2015. Obama and leaders from six Gulf nations are trying to work through tensions sparked by the U.S. bid for a nuclear deal with Iran, a pursuit that has put regional partners on edge. Obama is seeking to reassure the Gulf leaders that the U.S. overtures to Iran will not come at the expense of commitments to their security. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) **FILE**

No ‘significant’ change in Iranian behavior since nuke deal, Obama admin admits

By Jessie Fox - The Washington Times

Brett McGurk, President Obama's envoy to members of the anti-Islamic State coalition, told a Capitol Hill hearing that Islamic State officials are telling recruits in the West to stay put and conduct attacks at home rather than travel to the Salafist group's base in Syria, where its control is increasingly under threat. (Associated Press)

ISIS tells recruits in West to stay put, conduct attacks

By Jessie Fox - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, in this Oct. 15, 2015, file photo. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) ** FILE **

Obama appoints Brett McGurk as new envoy to lead coalition against Islamic State

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Rep. Ted Poe, Texas Republican. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

House criticizes White House on Islamic State progress

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

President Obama (Associated Press)

Obama pick for Iraq envoy withdraws nomination

By Matthew Lee - Associated Press

Sen. Jim DeMint, South Carolina Republican (AP Photo)

Seven senators call for Obama to withdraw Iraq nomination

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

**FILE** President Obama speaks June 8, 2012, at the White House about the economy. (Associated Press)

More trouble for Obama nominee to be envoy to Iraq

By Matthew Lee - Associated Press

Embassy Row: Saucy emails

By James Morrison - The Washington Times

Embassy Row: ‘Cleavages’ in Iraq

By James Morrison - The Washington Times