US envoy sparks uproar after telling Lebanese journalists to ‘act civilised’

<p>Reporters demand apology from Tom Barrack, US special envoy to Syria, after his remarks at Beirut press conference </p><p>Journalists in <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/lebanon">Lebanon</a> have demanded an apology from a senior US envoy after he told them to “act civilized” and not be “animalistic”.</p><p>As reporters shouted questions after the US delegation’s meeting with the Lebanese president, Joseph Aoun, on Tuesday, Tom Barrack, the US ambassador to Turkey and special envoy to Syria, stepped up to the podium in the packed room and said: “We’re going to have a different set of rules ... please be quiet for a moment.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/26/syria-tom-barrack-lebanon-beirut-journalists">Continue reading...</a>