Trump envoy is under fire after tensions with Israel and Turkey nearly boiled into a regional confrontation over Syria and the Golan Heights

US ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack has said Israel’s occupation of Syria’s Golan Heights continues even though it ran against UN resolutions and international law.

Gideon Sa’ar criticized Barrack following the comments, saying they were “full of inaccuracies” and included positions that “contradict the position of Trump himself regarding the…