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Jihan Abdalla

Jihan Abdalla

Senior US Correspondent
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Jihan is a Washington-based correspondent and multimedia journalist who has extensively reported from Israel/Palestine, the United Nations headquarters and Mexico City. Before joining The National, she worked for Al Jazeera, Reuters and the Associated Press among others. Jihan is fluent in English, Arabic, French and Spanish.
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President Donald Trump told a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington on March 26 that Iran was 'begging' for a deal. EPA
Iran at an ‘inflection point’ as Trump claims Tehran is ‘begging’ for a deal

US President signals openness to deal while military operations and planning continue

USMarch 26, 2026
US President Donald Trump was speaking during a ceremony in the Oval Office. Bloomberg
Trump claims Iran ready to make a deal and says nuclear pledge is secured

Reports says US has sent Tehran 15-point plan to end war

USMarch 24, 2026
US President Donald Trump threatened to bomb Iran's power plants unless it reopens the Strait of Hormuz.
Trump postpones plan for strikes on Iran's power plants amid 'ceasefire talks'

Uncertainty remains after Iran denies any contact with US President

USMarch 23, 2026
US President Donald Trump boards Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. Getty Images / AFP
Trump says US is considering 'winding down’ Iran war

US President says Strait of Hormuz will 'have to be guarded and policed, as necessary, by others who use it'

USMarch 20, 2026
US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shaking hands at the White House in September 2025. AFP
US and Israeli goals diverge as Iran war enters fourth week

Trump seeks quick victory while Netanyahu prepares for prolonged campaign, exposing strains over strategy and rising economic costs

USMarch 20, 2026
A US Air Force B-52H Stratofortress bomber flying as part of Operation Epic Fury. AFP
Trump slams Nato allies for refusing to join Straight of Hormuz mission

'Under normal circumstances, you build a coalition before you go to war, not afterwards,' expert says

USMarch 17, 2026
Joe Kent has said he could not 'in good faith' support the US-Israeli war against Iran. AFP
US counter-terrorism head resigns, claiming Israel deceived Trump

'Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation,' Joe Kent tells US President in first known resignation over Middle East conflict

USMarch 17, 2026
US President Donald Trump on Monday. EPA
Coalition of the unwilling: Trump bemoans allies' lack of enthusiasm over Hormuz

Iran has warned it could retaliate against countries taking part in escort operations in crucial waterway

USMarch 16, 2026
A US Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker refuelling aircraft on the runway at Ben Gurion airport in Lod, Israel. Getty Images
Six US soldiers killed in refuelling aircraft crash in Iraq

About 2,000 marines to head to Middle East, reports say

USMarch 13, 2026
An anti-Muslim Brotherhood demonstrator during a protest in Khartoum. AFP
Sudanese Muslim Brotherhood given terrorist designation by US

Washington says designation is due to mass executions of civilians during civil war and Iranian support for group

USMarch 09, 2026
President Donald Trump welcomes the reigning Major League Soccer champions Inter Miami CF, featuring star Lionel Messi, in the White House. Reuters
Trump says US and Israel ‘totally demolishing’ Iran’s weapons capability

Centcom chief says large Iranian drone carrier 'on fire as we speak'

USMarch 05, 2026
President Donald Trump has said most of the people his administration considered as potential successors in Iran have been killed during strikes. EPA
Trump says he must be involved in picking Iran’s next leader

'Khamenei’s son is unacceptable to me,' President says as he indicates support for Kurdish action against Iran

USMarch 05, 2026
Many Iranian Americans have taken to the streets of the US and elsewhere in support of Reza Pahlavi as a transitional leader in Iran. AFP
Trump unenthusiastic about Pahlavi leading postwar Iran

US President plays down role for last shah's son as US–Israel strikes on Iran continue

USMarch 03, 2026
US President Donald Trump speaks at a rally in Texas. AFP
As it happened: Why the US decided to attack Iran

Tehran was rebuilding nuclear sites and preparing missile attacks, prompting Washington to abandon talks, say US officials

USFebruary 28, 2026
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdami posted this image of his meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House on February 26, 2026. Instagram
Mamdani meets Trump in unannounced visit to the White House

The two leaders discussed housing and the detention of a university student

USFebruary 26, 2026
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