A U.S. diplomat apologized Thursday for using the word “animalistic” while urging reporters to quiet down during a news conference in Lebanon earlier...

U.S. envoy to Syria Tom Barrack on Tuesday triggered a storm of criticism in Lebanon after referring to journalists’ behavior as “animalistic” during...

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.”