{"id":14415,"date":"2025-08-27T06:33:24","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T06:33:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/?p=14415"},"modified":"2025-08-27T06:33:25","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T06:33:25","slug":"american-diplomats-remarks-sparked-reactions-in-lebanon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/2025\/08\/27\/american-diplomats-remarks-sparked-reactions-in-lebanon\/","title":{"rendered":"American diplomat&#8217;s remarks sparked reactions in Lebanon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KABUL: Recent comments by Tom Bark, the U.S. Special Representative for Syria and Ambassador to Turkey, have sparked widespread reactions in Lebanon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After a meeting, he advised journalists to &#8220;act civilized and avoid barbaric behavior.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Lebanese Journalists&#8217; Union responded strongly, announcing a boycott of all news coverage until an official apology is issued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Lebanese government also expressed its discontent regarding Bark&#8217;s statements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Journalists&#8217; Union labeled the remarks a clear affront to freedom of expression and emphasized that treating journalists with respect is the responsibility of&nbsp;all&nbsp;officials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KABUL: Recent comments by Tom Bark, the U.S. Special Representative for Syria and Ambassador to Turkey, have sparked widespread reactions in Lebanon. After a meeting, he advised journalists to &#8220;act civilized and avoid barbaric behavior.&#8221; The Lebanese Journalists&#8217; Union responded strongly, announcing a boycott of all news coverage until an official apology is issued. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":14416,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[73],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14415"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14415"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14415\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14417,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14415\/revisions\/14417"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}