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Ryan Clark Crocker is an American retired diplomat who served as a career ambassador within the United States Foreign Service and a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He has served as United States Ambassador to Afghanistan (2011–2012),Iraq (2007–2009),Pakistan (2004–2007),Syria (1998–2001),Kuwait,and Lebanon (1990–1993). In January 2010,he became Dean of Texas A&M University's George Bush School of Government and Public Service.
Edward Peter Djerejian is a former United States diplomat who served in eight administrations from John F. Kennedy to Bill Clinton (1962–94.) He served as the United States Ambassador to Syria (1988–91) and Israel (1993–94),Special Assistant to President Ronald Reagan and Deputy Press Secretary of Foreign Affairs (1985–1986),and was Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs (1991–1993.) He is the director of the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy at Rice University and is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and was on the board of trustees of the Carnegie Corporation of New York (2011-2019). Djerejian was elected chairman of Occidental Petroleum Corporation’s board of directors (2013–2015). He is managing partner of Djerejian Global Consultancies,LLP. Djerejian is the author of the book Danger and Opportunity:An American Ambassador's Journey Through the Middle East
Talcott Williams Seelye was a United States Foreign Service Officer,United States Ambassador,author,and commentator.
Edward William Gnehm Jr.,also known as Skip Gnehm,is an American diplomat who most recently served as the U.S. ambassador to Jordan. He is now a faculty member at George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs.
David Michael Satterfield is an American diplomat and U.S. Ambassador,who has served extensively in the Middle East,including the Persian Gulf area,Lebanon,and Iraq. He later served as a Senior Advisor on Iraq for Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and was Director General of the Multinational Force and Observers,the peacekeeping force for the Sinai Peninsula from June 2009 until August 2017. He was chargéd'affaires to Egypt from August 2013 to January 2014 and was subsequently Special Advisor to the Secretary of State for Libya. From September 2017 to June 2019 he served as the Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs,and was confirmed as US ambassador to Turkey on June 27,2019.
Richard Henry Jones is an American diplomat and the former Deputy Executive Director of the International Energy Agency.
The Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs (NEA),also known as the Bureau of Near East Asian Affairs,is an agency of the Department of State within the United States government that deals with U.S. foreign policy and diplomatic relations with the nations of the Near East. It is headed by the Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs,who reports to the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs.
Edward S. Walker is a former U.S. Ambassador to Israel,Egypt,and the UAE and is a Middle East specialist.
Eric Steven Edelman is an American diplomat who served as Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (2005–2009),U.S. Ambassador to Turkey (2003–2005),U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Finland (1998–2001),and Principal Deputy Assistant to the Vice President for National Security Affairs (2001–2003). A career Foreign Service Officer,Edelman entered the Senior Foreign Service in 1992. He is a recipient of the Secretary of Defense's award for Distinguished Civilian Service (1993) and the State Department's Superior Honor Award.
Diplomatic relations between Syria and the United States are currently non-existent;they were suspended in 2012 after the onset of the Syrian Civil War. Priority issues between the two states include the Arab–Israeli conflict,the Golan Heights annexation,and the Iraq War.
Robert Halsey Pelletreau Jr. is a diplomat and former United States Ambassador to Bahrain (1979–80),Tunisia (1987–91),and Egypt (1991–93),as well as the former Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs. He currently sits on the U.S. Advisory Council of the Israel Policy Forum. He is also a member of the American Academy of Diplomacy and Council on Foreign Relations.
Roscoe Seldon "Rocky" Suddarth was an American career diplomat. Suddarth was a Foreign Service Officer and served as United States Ambassador to Jordan from 1987 to 1990. He served as the secretary of the American Academy of Diplomacy until his death.
Joseph Adam Ereli is an American lobbyist,who formerly served as a diplomat and ambassador.
Thomas Charles Krajeski is an American diplomat. He was the United States Ambassador to Yemen from 2004 to 2007 and the United States Ambassador to Bahrain from 2011 to 2014.
Thomas E. "Ted" McNamara is a United States diplomat and State Department official.
John Hubert Kelly was a United States diplomat.
The Supreme Political Council is a largely unrecognised executive body formed by the Houthi movement and the General People's Congress (GPC) to rule Yemen. Formed on 28 July 2016,the presidential council consists of 10 members and was headed by Saleh Ali al-Sammad as president until his death from a drone air strike on 19 April 2018 with Qassem Labozah as vice-president. The territory that it rules consists of the former North Yemen,which united with South Yemen in 1990.
