US Ambassador to Turkey Tom Zarif: The Ottoman Empire was a security guarantor; it left. The British came in; They were the security Arabs; they left we are here we are not leaving We're just saying we're not going to hold it anymore. We need participation from the region.

US Ambassador to Turkey Tom Zarif: The Ottoman Empire was a security guarantor; it left. The British came in; They were the security Arabs; they left we are here we are not leaving We're just saying we're not going to hold it anymore. We need participation from the region.