WASHINGTON: The White House Middle East Coordinator Philip Gordon is stepping down and will be succeeded by Rob Malley, the National Security Council’s (NSC) spokesperson Bernadette Meehan announced in a statement.

“Philip Gordon, Special Assistant to the President and White House Coordinator for the Middle East, North Africa and the Gulf Region will be stepping down, and will be succeeded by Rob Malley, currently NSC Senior Director for Iran, Iraq, Syria and the Gulf States,” Meehan said in the statement Friday. “

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