Trump's envoy to Iraq responds to rumors of his dismissal: They are fueled by militia networks.
1/30/2026
Mark Savaya, the US president’s special envoy to Iraq, strongly denied rumors of his dismissal, according to a report published Friday by Amberin Zaman, senior correspondent for the US website “Al-Monitor”.
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Zaman quoted Savaya in a post on the “X-Twitter” platform (formerly) as saying, “There is a circulation of misinformation, and it appears to be driven by Iranian-backed militia networks.”
Last October, US President Donald Trump decided to appoint Mark Savaya as special envoy to Iraq.
Mark Savaya is the third US envoy to Iraq since Paul Bremer in 2003, and after Brett McGurk, during the war against ISIS in 2014.
Savaya stirred controversy through his writings, in which he explicitly called for ending the issue of armed factions and preventing them from participating in the government, as well as issuing warnings to Iraq and cautioning against a return to a "cycle of complexity".
It is worth noting that Savaya, an American businessman of Iraqi (Chaldean/Assyrian) origin from Michigan, has risen to prominence in recent years through his support for Trump's election campaign and his activities within Middle Eastern communities in the United States.
He had not held previous diplomatic posts, which made his appointment surprising in political circles, but he received confirmation from Trump that he "has a deep understanding of Iraq and influential contacts in the region." LINK