At a delicate moment in Lebanese politics, the envoy, Thomas J. Barrack Jr., provoked outrage by warning journalists at a news conference there not to be “animalistic.”

BEIRUT: US Special Envoy Thomas Barrack sparked outrage Tuesday after telling Lebanese journalists to “act civilized” and avoid behaving in an “animalistic” manner during a press…

Reporters demand apology from Tom Barrack, US special envoy to Syria, after his remarks at Beirut press conference