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20 October 2026

US leaving oil-for-security approach, not Middle East: Envoy Tom Barrack

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US leaving oil-for-security approach, not Middle East: Envoy Tom Barrack

Barrack highlights limits of US interventions, admitting past regime changes in the Middle East were often mistakes.

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