William Roebuck

William V. Roebuck is an American ambassador who served as United States Ambassador to Bahrain from 2015 to 2017.

He graduated from High School in 1974, and subsequently attended Wake Forest University and the University of Georgia.^[1] He was confirmed as ambassador on November 18, 2014 and presented his credentials on January 20, 2015. He succeeded Thomas C. Krajeski and was succeeded by Justin Siberell.^[2] In August 2018, State Department representative William Roebuck traveled to the cities of Manbij and Kobani, both situated in Aleppo Governorate, as well as the town of Shaddadah in Hasakah Governorate. He was later due to visit Dayr al-Zawr province which is held by US-backed Kurdish militants. "We are prepared to stay here, as the president Donald Trump has made clear," he said after meeting with Democratic Federation of Northern Syria.^[3]

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