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Jihan Abdalla

Jihan Abdalla

Senior US Correspondent
Washington
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. Politico/Bloomberg
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A US National Guard member is silhouetted against the Washington Monument. Reuters
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Abdul El-Sayed is running for the US Senate in Michigan, trying to increase Arab representation. Ahmed Issawy / The National
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Former vice president Kamala Harris is a potential candidate for the 2028 US presidential elections. AP
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US President Donald Trump during talks at the White House with South Korea's President Lee Jae Myung. EPA
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Karoline Leavitt, White House press secretary, holds up a memo during a news conference with Tulsi Gabbard, director of National Intelligence. Bloomberg
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Indonesia’s Directorate General of Customs and Excise in Jakarta. The country has struck a 'significant' trade deal with the US. AFP
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US President Donald Trump has been seeking to contain the controversy surrounding the Jeffrey Epstein files. Reuters
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President Donald Trump with Nato Secretary General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office. AP
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US President Donald Trump met Nato Secretary General Mark Rutte during the Nato summit in The Hague last month. Reuters
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USJuly 13, 2025
The State Department has begun laying off more than 1,300 diplomats and other employees. Bloomberg
Trump administration begins mass layoffs at US State Department

Officials say it is largest departmental reorganisation in decades

USJuly 11, 2025
US President Donald Trump during a cabinet meeting at the White House. AFP
Donald Trump lashes out at Vladimir Putin and hints he may consider new sanctions on Russia

US President has said Washington will resume sending defensive weapons to Ukraine

USJuly 08, 2025
US President Donald Trump said talks towards ending the 21-month conflict are going 'very well'. EPA
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Official tells The National the US President wants to see a 60-day truce lead to permanent end to war

USJuly 08, 2025
US President Donald Trump, left, hosts a dinner for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, bottom centre, in the Blue Room of the White House. Bloomberg
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