White House withdraws nominee for top Middle East post
Tuesday, 28 October 2025، 09:18 AM
Joel Rayburn’s nomination to lead the State Department’s Middle East bureau was withdrawn after he lacked enough support from lawmakers. Rayburn, a former US Army officer, served as US President Donald Trump’s special envoy for Syria from 2018 to 2021 and concurrently as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Levant Affairs until November 2020 (Read more at Anadolu Ajansi).
