They are cautiously cautious, so you feel that they do not want to smile. They speak in a calm, confident voice. His faces are as uneven as he fought in all the wars of the world. They do not pay any attention to their hair and use their hands a lot while speaking, but are known for their practice and flexibility.
These are relatively long, lean and strong billionaire investors Thomas J Barak, one of the most trusted US President Donald Trump. He is performing an unconventional diplomatic mission as a dual position in the Middle East – US Ambassador to Türkiye and Syria.
In the Middle East with its deep business relations and ‘personal friendship’ with President Trump, Barak has adopted a result that he calls ‘event diplomacy’.
The American newspaper Washington Post has nominated a Lebanese -based American businessman as one of Trump’s richest people and close friends. The real estate investor established the Colony Capital in 1991 to buy bankruptcy S&S, which now manages a $ 34 billion property property.
In March 2025, Barak was named Turkey’s Ambassador by President Trump, who received the support of the Senate in April 2025 and formally started his duties on 14 May 2025. Soon after the appointment, on 23 May, 2025, he was also appointed as an American Special Representative to Syria, while he continues his diplomatic role in Ankara.
Born in California on 28 April 1947, Thomas Joseph Barak Junior is from a Catholic family to move from Lebanon. He repeatedly mentions this legacy in his diplomatic activities.
After a law education at the University of Southern California, he started his career as a lawyer for finance. He was sent to Saudi Arabia in 1972, where he established a close relationship with the Saudi prince. In 1982, he was appointed Deputy Secretary of Internal Affairs by President Ronald Reagan.
During his appointment in Ankara, Barak has often emphasized that Turkey is an important regional character and an associate of NATO, which believes that he does not always have a qualified identity. He said that he rely on a strong personal relationship between President Trump and President Recep Tayip Erdo ۔an to restore confidence between the two countries.
The appointment as a special representative to Barak Syria marked a significant change in Washington’s Syrian policy after the Asad rule collapsed in December 2024. The new policy of Trump administration is getting away from previous ‘nation building’, and is focused on restrictions, economic reconstruction and stability.
Barak has described this approach as ‘event diplomacy’, not as ‘process diplomacy’, saying that ‘action and result’ is preferred.
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The first step in this policy was taken on 14 May with the decision of President Trump to lift all sanctions against Syria. Soon, on 23 May, the Finance Department issued a general license to lift comprehensive sanctions against Syria and provided 180 -day exemption for restrictions under the Caesar Act.
To organize the process, Barak met with Syrian interim chief Ahmed Al -Sharia in Istanbul on 24 May, and met in Damascus on 29 May and July 9. As a concrete result of these meetings, on 29 May, $ 7 billion energy deals were signed between Syria and Katari, the US and Turkish companies.
Barak’s diplomatic efforts have also spread to Lebanon. He visited Beirut last week to take feedback from the Lebanese government to the hesbollah and other armed groups to take feedback. Although Barak said that he was ‘very happy’ with the seven -party response, the details were not made public in public. According to reports, the American proposal combines Hizbullah’s disarmament with economic reforms for Lebanon and the end of Israel’s military operations in the country.
During his career, he established a broad global network, especially with investors and governments in the Middle East.
Barak’s close friendship with Donald Trump for decades. He served as a senior advisor to Trump in the 2016 presidential election and served as the chairman of the 58th Presidential inaugural Committee after the election, collected over $ 100 million.
Suddenly, Tom Barrack has many campaigns in the region that have appeared as a human being and have become a name that is difficult to ignore in the Middle East politics.
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