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      Vanessa Ghanem

      Vanessa Ghanem

      Arab Affairs Editor
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      Abu Dhabi
      Vanessa Ghanem is The National’s Arab Affairs Editor, based in Abu Dhabi. She oversees coverage of Arab and Gulf affairs with a focus on geopolitics, diplomacy and geoeconomics. She has over a decade of experience reporting on the Middle East and has worked in prominent newsrooms in the region. Vanessa has interviewed senior officials and policymakers, including US special envoys and congressmen, foreign, defence and economy ministers in the region and beyond, as well as UN and EU officials. She regularly moderates panels at international forums and serves as master of ceremonies. Vanessa has also covered business, energy and socio-economic issues, with her work appearing in outlets such as Al Arabiya, Al-Monitor, CGTN, LBCI Lebanon and An-Nahar Newspaper, among others.
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      MENAJune 04, 2025
      Madagascar’s Foreign Minister Rafaravavitafika Rasata. Photo: Madagascar Presidency
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      Olof Skoog, deputy secretary general for political affairs at the European External Action Service, says Israel must abide by international humanitarian law. Photo: European Parliament
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      Gaza, Syria and Ukraine are discussed at fourth high-level political dialogue between the UAE and EU

      MENAMay 30, 2025
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      MP Shrikant Shinde led an eight-member delegation to the UAE to highlight New Delhi's stance

      AsiaMay 24, 2025
      President Sheikh Mohamed and US President Donald Trump are welcomed by children at a state visit reception at Qasr Al Watan in Abu Dhabi. Abdulla Al Bedwawi / UAE Presidential Court
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      Trump’s Gulf tour marks reset in ties and long-term US engagement

      Messages of friendship, mutual respect and renewed strategic alignment marked visit

      GulfMay 16, 2025
      US President Donald Trump at Al Udeid Air Base outside Doha on Thursday. Reuters
      Trump says his priority is to end conflicts as landmark Doha visit ends

      US President flies to Abu Dhabi next

      USMay 15, 2025
      TOPSHOT - Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani (R) and US President Donald Trump speak to each other at the Royal Palace in Doha on May 14, 2025. Trump touched down at Hamad International Airport in Doha, with relations between the two governments in the spotlight over Qatar's offer to Trump of a $400 million luxury aircraft to serve as a new Air Force One and then pass into his personal use. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP)
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      USMay 14, 2025
      US President Donald Trump at a signing ceremony with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the Saudi-US Investment Forum in Riyadh. EPA
      Play01:05
      Trump hails 'bright new day for Middle East' on first leg of Gulf visit

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      GulfMay 13, 2025
      US President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman shake hands during a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signing ceremony in Riyadh. Reuters
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      USMay 13, 2025
      Donald Trump (R) and US First lady Melania Trump (2nd R), posing for a picture with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi (L) and Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud during the inauguration of the Global Center for Combating Extremist Ideology "Etidal" in Riyadh. AFP
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      USMay 11, 2025
      US President Donald Trump is welcomed by Saudi Arabia's King Salman, right, in Riyadh. AFP
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      GulfMay 09, 2025
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      Play00:59
      UAE welcomes ICJ ruling to dismiss Sudan case

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      MENAMay 05, 2025
      Ameirah AlHefeiti, the UAE's ambassador to the Netherlands. Antonie Robertson / The National
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      MENAMay 05, 2025
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      UAEApril 30, 2025
      Displaced people ride an animal-drawn cart, following attacks by the Rapid Support Forces on Zamzam displacement camp, in North Darfur. Reuters
      UN accuses Sudan’s warring parties of atrocities against civilians

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      MENAApril 29, 2025
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