According to Kordpress, Reuters wrote: Iraqi-American entrepreneur Mark Sawaya was one of the few Arabs that Trump appointed to senior positions in order to win the votes of Arabs and Muslims in the 2024 elections. However, informed sources say he has now been removed from the post.

It is not yet clear what factors led to Sawaya's departure and whether a successor will be appointed for him or not. One of the sources considered "mismanagement" in some key cases as the cause of this decision; including his inability to prevent Nouri al-Maliki, the former prime minister of Iraq, as a prime ministerial candidate; An action that Trump had publicly warned Baghdad against.

According to an informed source and a senior Iraqi official, "Tom Barak", the US ambassador to Turkey and the country's special representative for Syria, is expected to temporarily take charge of the Iraq case at the US State Department. Barak recently traveled to Erbil and met with the Syrian Democratic Forces. His spokesman refused to comment on this matter.

This transfer takes place while Trump warned a few days ago that if Iraq re-elects Nuri al-Maliki as prime minister, Washington will cut off its support for this oil-rich country and a close ally of the United States.