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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 Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the White House in December 2022. AP
New help for Ukraine will be announced on Thursday, Biden says

US President makes announcement on sidelines of UN General Assembly in New York

USSeptember 25, 2024
President Sheikh Mohamed with US President Joe Biden at the White House in Washington on Monday. AFP
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US-UAE partnership deepens as Sheikh Mohamed visits White House

Biden calls UAE 'nation of trailblazers' with an eye on the future

UAESeptember 23, 2024
Uncommitted delegates hold a press conference outside the Democratic National Convention hall in Chicago last month. AP
Uncommitted movement says it won't endorse Kamala Harris for president over Israel support

The decision came after weeks of efforts to urge her to shift policy on Gaza

USSeptember 19, 2024
President Sheikh Mohamed. UAE Presidential Court / AFP
Biden to welcome Sheikh Mohamed to White House in historic visit

The White House said it will be the first visit by a president of the UAE to Washington

USSeptember 18, 2024
Democratic presidential nominee and US Vice President Kamala Harris in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Tuesday. AFP
Harris says Israel must not reoccupy Gaza and calls for end to war

'Far too many innocent Palestinians have been killed,' US Vice President says

USSeptember 17, 2024
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, second right, and US President Joe Biden, second left, attend a meeting at the White House in Washington. PA
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Biden and Starmer meet as Russia warns of potential 'direct war' with Nato

Ukraine pleads with US and UK to allow it to strike deeper into Russia with long-range missiles

USSeptember 13, 2024
Pro-Palestine protesters outside the venue of the debate between US presidential candidates Kamala Harris and Donald, in Philadelphia. Reuters
'Two genocidal choices': Gaza activists unimpressed by Harris and Trump

Dozens wave Palestinian flags outside City Hall as US presidential candidates face off for first time

USSeptember 11, 2024
Kamala Harris and Donald Trump during their first debate. AFP
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Harris and Trump trade barbs over Afghanistan and Gaza

Vice President and former leader face off for first time in Philadelphia

USSeptember 10, 2024
US Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump are set to take the stage in a televised presidential debate on Tuesday. AFP
'They need our vote,' say Arabs in Pennsylvania before debate

Battleground state where every vote matters is home to 180,000 Arab Americans

USSeptember 10, 2024
Israelis have been taking to the streets demanding a ceasefire deal that will release hostages held in Gaza since October 7. AFP
'Frustrating process': US offers new details on hostage release talks

Israel Prime Minister's reasons for maintaining presence along Gaza-Egypt border are 'fundamentally and totally untrue', US official says

USSeptember 04, 2024
Men walk through debris after a building was hit by an Israeli bombardment in Gaza City on September 3, 2024. AFP
US insists truce deal includes Israeli pull-out from Gaza-Egypt border

Salah Al Din corridor, also known as the Philadelphi corridor, in focus after killing of six hostages

USSeptember 03, 2024
A protester places, during a demonstration in Berlin in 2022, portraits of Syrians believed to have been detained or forcibly disappeared by the Syrian government. AFP
US announces visa restrictions on 14 Assad regime officials

Announcement falls on International Day of Victims of Enforced Disappearances

USAugust 30, 2024
Chinese President Xi Jinping meets White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan in Beijing. AP
US security adviser ends three-day China visit to improve ties

President Joe Biden and China's Xi Jinping will be speaking via phone in the coming weeks, White House says

USAugust 29, 2024
The US floating pier was only in operation for about 20 days. AP
Biden approved Gaza pier despite USAid fears it would undermine land routes

Temporary floating pier, dogged by weather and security issues, ended operations last month

USAugust 28, 2024
Pentagon spokesman Maj Gen Pat Ryder. Getty Images / AFP
US 'prepared to support Israel and defend assets against Iran'

Comments follow weekend escalation between Hezbollah and Israel on Lebanese border

USAugust 27, 2024
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