James Franklin Jeffrey is an American diplomat who served most recently as the United States Special Representative for Syria Engagement and the Special Envoy to the International military intervention against ISIL.
Dennis B. Ross is an American diplomat and author. He has served as the Director of Policy Planning in the State Department under President George H. W. Bush,the special Middle East coordinator under President Bill Clinton,and was a special adviser for the Persian Gulf and Southwest Asia to the former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
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.
Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan is the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the United Arab Emirates. He is a son of the founder of the United Arab Emirates,Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan. In 2020,he was a signatory of the Abraham Accords on behalf of the UAE.
Relations after World War II evolved from the Second Cairo Conference in December 1943 and Turkey's entrance into World War II on the side of the Allies in February 1945. Later that year,Turkey became a charter member of the United Nations. Difficulties faced by Greece after the war in quelling a communist rebellion,along with demands by the Soviet Union for military bases in the Turkish Straits,prompted the United States to declare the Truman Doctrine in 1947. The doctrine declared American intentions to guarantee the security of Turkey and Greece,and resulted in significant U.S. military and economic support. This support manifested in the establishment of a clandestine stay-behind army,denoted the "Counter-Guerrilla",under Operation Gladio. After participating with United Nations forces in the Korean War,Turkey joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in 1952.
Robert Stephen Ford is a retired American diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Algeria from 2006 to 2008 and the United States Ambassador to Syria from 2010 to 2014.
William Brockenbrough Taylor Jr. is an American diplomat,government official,and former military officer. He served as the 6th United States ambassador to Ukraine from 2006 to 2009 under President Bush and Obama,and as acting ambassador to Ukraine from June 2019 to January 2020 under President Trump.
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.
Michael Richard Pompeo is an American politician,diplomat,and businessman who served under President Donald Trump as director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from 2017 to 2018 and as the 70th United States secretary of state from 2018 to 2021.
The United Arab Emirates has an embassy in Damascus,and Syria has an embassy in Abu Dhabi and a consulate-general in Dubai. Both countries are part of the Middle East region and share close cultural ties.
Brett H. McGurk is an American diplomat,attorney,and academic who served in senior national security positions under presidents George W. Bush,Barack Obama,and Donald Trump,and is currently the Biden administration's point person on foreign policy in the Middle East and North Africa.
The American-led intervention in the Syrian Civil War refers to the American-led support of Syrian rebels and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) during the course of the Syrian civil war,including Operation Inherent Resolve,the active military operation led by the United States,and involving the militaries of the United Kingdom,France,Jordan,Turkey,Canada,Australia,and others against the Islamic State (IS) and al-Nusra Front since 2014. Beginning in 2017–18,the U.S. and its partners have also targeted the Syrian government and its allies via airstrikes and aircraft shoot-downs,mainly in defense of either the SDF or the Revolutionary Commando Army opposition group based in al-Tanf.
The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) is the official defence force of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES). An alliance of forces formed during the Syrian civil war composed primarily of Kurdish,Arab,and Assyrian/Syriac,as well as some smaller Armenian,Turkmen and Chechen forces. It is militarily led by the People's Protection Units (YPG),a Kurdish military force,and also includes several ethnic militias,as well as elements of the Syrian opposition's Free Syrian Army. Founded in October 2015,the SDF states its mission as fighting to create a secular,democratic and federalised Syria. Purportedly,the Syrian Democratic Forces has direct links to the PKK.
Randy William Berry is an American diplomat. He served as the first Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBTI Persons in the United States Department of State,as well as a Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Democracy,Human Rights,and Labor. He was nominated to be the next U.S. Ambassador to Nepal by President Donald Trump in May 2018 and confirmed by the Senate on September 6,2018. Berry presented his credentials to Nepali President Bidya Devi Bhandari on October 25,2018. Berry is one of five LGBT appointed ambassadors under the Trump administration.
Andrei Karlov,the Russian Ambassador to Turkey,was assassinated by Mevlüt Mert Altıntaş,an off-duty Turkish police officer,at an art exhibition in Ankara,Turkey on the evening of 19 December 2016. The assassination took place after several days of protests in Turkey over Russian involvement in the Syrian Civil War and the battle over Aleppo.
U.S. foreign policy during the presidency of Donald Trump (2017–2021) was noted for its unpredictability and reneging on prior international commitments,upending diplomatic conventions,embracing political and economic brinkmanship with most adversaries,and stronger relations with traditional allies. Trump's "America First" policy pursued nationalist foreign policy objectives and prioritized bilateral relations over multinational agreements. As president,Trump described himself as a nationalist while espousing isolationist,non-interventionist,and protectionist views;he personally praised some populist,neo-nationalist,illiberal,and authoritarian governments,while antagonizing others,even as administration diplomats nominally continued to pursue pro-democracy ideals abroad.
The following is a timeline of the Syrian Civil War from May to August 2017. Information about aggregated casualty counts is found at Casualties of the Syrian Civil War.
The Qatar diplomatic crisis was a diplomatic incident that began on 5 June 2017 when Saudi Arabia,the United Arab Emirates,Bahrain and Egypt severed diplomatic relations with Qatar and banned Qatar-registered planes and ships from utilising their airspace and sea routes,along with Saudi Arabia blocking Qatar’s only land crossing. They were later joined by Jordan and were supported by the Maldives,Mauritania,Senegal,Djibouti,the Comoros,and the Tobruk-based government in Libya.
Philip Scott Kosnett is an American diplomat. He was sworn in as the fifth U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Kosovo on November 27,2018. Kosnett's previous assignment was as Chargéd'Affaires ad interim at the United States Embassy in Ankara,Turkey. Kosnett was nominated in July 2018 by U.S. president Trump to be the next ambassador to the Republic of Kosovo. The Senate confirmed him in this position in September 2018.
The following is a timeline of the Syrian Civil War from September–December 2019. Information about aggregated casualty counts is found at Casualties of the Syrian Civil War.
