Nabeel Khoury is a retired diplomat who served 25 years in the US Foreign Service. Khoury retired from the US Department of State in 2013 with the rank of minister counselor. He taught Middle East and US strategy courses at the National Defense University and Northwestern University. In his last overseas posting, Khoury served as deputy chief of mission at the US embassy in Yemen (2004–2007). In 2003, during the Iraq War, he served as Department spokesperson at US Central Command in Doha and in Baghdad.