| Definition: Head of the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs of the United States Department of State, conducts relations with, and supervises the U.S. Missions to, Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Palestinian Territories, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen; at the regional level, deals with Iraq, Middle East peace, terrorism and weapons of mass destruction, and political and economic reform; incumbent is Jeffrey Feltman [d] [e]
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