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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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White House National Security Adviser Michael Waltz speaks during the annual Conservative Political Action Conference. EPA
Zelenskyy to sign minerals deal with the US, says Trump official

Ukrainian President previously rejected proposal, which would give half the profits to the US

USFebruary 21, 2025
US President Donald Trump met Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in New York last year. AP
Trump calls Zelenskyy a ‘dictator’ and tells him to move fast or risk losing Ukraine

US President has accused Ukrainian leader of starting war with Russia, which invaded in 2022

USFebruary 19, 2025
US President Donald Trump had suggested he might target the EU's car and food sectors, calling the bloc an 'atrocity' on trade. AFP
Trump authorises sweeping 'reciprocal tariffs' on US trading partners

Senior official says tariffs are designed in large part to retaliate against Europe's comparatively high VAT rates

USFebruary 13, 2025
US President Donald Trump shakes hands with India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the White House on Thursday. AP
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Trump hosts India's Modi in Washington amid concerns over tariffs

US 'paving the way' to provide India with F-35 stealth fighters, Donald Trump says

USFebruary 13, 2025
US President Donald Trump, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke on Wednesday. AFP
Trump says negotiations on ending Ukraine war to begin 'immediately'

US President says his Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff will lead talks on ending the nearly three-year conflict

USFebruary 12, 2025
US President Donald Trump and King Abdullah II of Jordan at the White House. AFP
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'We're going to take it', Trump says of Gaza as he meets King Abdullah

US President also suggests Hamas will miss Saturday's deadline to return hostages

USFebruary 11, 2025
US President Donald Trump steps into the Israel-Gaza situation again, threatening 'all hell' if Israeli hostages are not released by noon on Saturday. AP
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'All hell' to break out if hostages not released from Gaza by Saturday, Trump warns

Asked whether the US would intervene in Gaza after deadline, President says: ‘We’ll see what happens’

USFebruary 11, 2025
Donald Trump said Palestinians would not be able to return to Gaza 'because they're going to have much better housing'. Reuters
Trump says Palestinians wouldn’t be able to return under his Gaza plan

US President says he would 'own' the Gaza Strip and thinks of plans as a 'real estate development' project

USFebruary 10, 2025
US President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office at the White House. EPA
Trump calls Gaza takeover plan a ‘real estate transaction’

US President says there is 'no rush' to enact plan that would displace Palestinians from coastal enclave

USFebruary 07, 2025
US President Donald Trump arrives for the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025. A meeting with Republican members of Congress was added to President Donald Trump's schedule today as Senate Republicans prepare to jump ahead of the House and make the first step toward the budget reconciliation process. Photographer: Aaron Schwartz / Sipa / Bloomberg
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Trump issues sanctions against International Criminal Court

Palestinian ambassador to the UN tells The National that the US is guilty of double standards

USFebruary 06, 2025
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the US Capitol in Washington, DC. AFP
Netanyahu joins Trump in claiming US troops not required for Gaza

Israeli leader says simply ‘no’, when asked if he supported American posting to enclave

USFebruary 06, 2025
US President Donald Trump surrounded by young female athletes, signs an executive order banning transgender athletes from women's sports. EPA
Trump falsely calls Algerian boxer Imane Khelif a man and signs order against trans women athletes

US President incorrectly referred to Olympic gold medalist as a man

USFebruary 05, 2025
Bishara Bahbah says he has renamed Arab Americans for Trump to Arab Americans for Peace. AP
Arab Americans for Trump changes name after President announces US will take over Gaza

Donald Trump campaigned on a promise to bring peace to the Middle East, earning him favour among Arab-American voters

USFebruary 05, 2025
US President Donald Trump, right, and Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister, during a bilateral meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US. Bloomberg
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Trump says US will ‘take over Gaza’ in big Middle East policy shift

US President suggests full resettlement of Palestinians from coastal enclave to Egypt, Jordan and other countries

USFebruary 05, 2025
US President Donald Trump signs an executive order in the Oval Office on Tuesday. EPA / Bloomberg
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Trump reverts to ‘maximum pressure’ on Iran and warns of 'obliteration' if he is assassinated

US President signs a memorandum aimed at Iranian oil production, but Tehran’s Foreign Minister says policy will fail

USFebruary 04, 2025
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