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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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US President Donald Trump shows an executive order withdrawing his country from a number of UN agencies. AFP
Trump signs order halting US participation with several UN agencies including UNRWA

US President also targets the UN Human Rights Council

USFebruary 04, 2025
Donald Trump meets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, during his first term as US president, in 2017. AP
Trump to meet Netanyahu in Washington on Tuesday

Israeli Prime Minister will be first foreign leader to visit White House since US President took office

USFebruary 03, 2025
US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office. He has described Gaza as a 'demolition site'. Bloomberg
Trump says Egypt and Jordan will agree to take displaced Palestinians from Gaza

Two Arab nations have so far categorically rejected taking those displaced by Israel’s war on enclave

USJanuary 31, 2025
Rescuers at the site of the crash after a Black Hawk helicopter collided with a passenger plane. Reuters
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Washington plane crash: All feared dead after jet collides with helicopter

Trump says accident ‘should have been prevented’ as rescue mission turns into recovery operation

USJanuary 30, 2025
Pro-Palestinian protesters gather outside New York University buildings on May 3, 2024. Getty Images / AFP
Trump signs order that cancels student visas and deports pro-Palestinian protesters

The order accuses students of being anti-Semitic and 'Hamas sympathisers'

USJanuary 29, 2025
A supporter holds a poster with a photo of Laken Riley before a March 2024 rally by then-candidate Donald Trump. AP
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Trump signs order for thousands of migrants to be sent to Guantanamo Bay

Unexpected announcement came as US President signed into law the Laken Riley Act aimed at migrants accused of violent crimes

USJanuary 29, 2025
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt holds her first media briefing. EPA
Trump freezes federal funding to conduct spending review

The White House said the move was to review expenditure and bring an end to 'woke' diversity and environmental programmes

USJanuary 28, 2025
US President Donald Trump signs an executive order in the Oval Office. Reuters
Iron Dome for America: Trump due to sign executive order for US missile defence system

Move fulfils campaign promise to strengthen and modernise US military

USJanuary 27, 2025
US President Donald Trump signs executive orders on the first day of his presidency in the Oval Office. EPA
Civil rights groups worry Trump could issue new Muslim travel ban

On Monday, the US President signed 10 executive orders on migration, one of which could lay the groundwork for a new Muslim travel ban

USJanuary 24, 2025
US President Donald Trump after signing executive orders in the Oval Office. AFP
Trump orders JFK and Martin Luther King assassination documents to be released

'Everything will be revealed,' new President says from the Oval Office after signing the order

USJanuary 23, 2025
US President Donald Trump's special envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff. AFP
Trump's Middle East envoy says he will be 'outside overseer' in Gaza

Steve Witkoff says he will be charged with monitoring the return of Palestinians to their neighbourhoods in the north during the first phase of the ceasefire agreement

USJanuary 22, 2025
US President Donald Trump after attending the National Day of Prayer service at the Washington National Cathedral. AFP
Big changes at the White House as Trump begins second term

Donald Trump's first day in office started with executive orders aimed at advancing his vision of America and undoing the legacy of his predecessor

USJanuary 21, 2025
US President Donald Trump signs executive orders from the Oval Office on Monday. Reuters
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Trump says he is ‘not confident’ over Gaza ceasefire

US President says enclave looks like ‘massive demolition site’ that has to be rebuilt ‘in a different way’

USJanuary 21, 2025
Pro-Palestine demonstrators rally near the White House in Washington to protest against Israel's actions in Gaza. AFP
Arab Americans credit Trump with Gaza ceasefire but concerns linger

When war erupted, dozens of American citizens were trapped in Gaza, and while most were eventually evacuated, many relatives remain

USJanuary 20, 2025
President Joe Biden has only hours left in office before Donald Trump takes over at noon on Monday. AP
Biden issues last-minute pardons for people who could become targets under Donald Trump

With only hours left in his administration, Joe Biden pardoned five of his relatives, Dr Anthony Fauci, Mark Milley and those who investigated January 6 Capitol attack

USJanuary 20, 2025
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