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Vanessa Ghanem

Vanessa Ghanem

Arab Affairs Editor
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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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Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, right, hosts Oman's Sultan Haitham, middle, in Tehran in May 2023. With them is then-president Ebrahim Raisi. Wana
Oman steps in again to mediate between US and Iran

Muscat has brokered talks and deals with Washington and Tehran before

MENAApril 08, 2025
The sun sets behind electricity pylons in Kuwait City. AFP
ExplainerWhy Kuwait is implementing temporary power cuts

Reforms needed to accelerate renewable energy capacity expansion and upgrade grid infrastructure

MENAApril 05, 2025
Lebanon's President Joseph Aoun, right, speaks with US deputy special envoy for the Middle East Morgan Ortagus on Saturday. AFP
US special envoy visits Lebanon to press for Hezbollah disarmament

Morgan Ortagus and President Joseph Aoun hold 'private' meeting as Washington presses for timetable for Hezbollah’s disarmament

MENAApril 05, 2025
Participants display cartoon cut-outs depicting US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a rally marking Al Quds Day in Tehran. EPA
AnalysisUS and Iran walk a fine line between leverage and war

Each side is believed to be manoeuvring to strengthen negotiating positions despite risk posed by growing tension

MENAApril 03, 2025
A protester outside a Bank Audi branch in Beirut in 2023. Lebanese have been gripped by poverty after plunging into a financial crisis in 2019. AP Photo
First permanent Lebanese central bank chief appointed since Salameh

Souaid will play a pivotal role in restoring international confidence in Lebanon's financial system

MENAMarch 27, 2025
US President Donald Trump speaks to the press as he meets with Nato Secretary General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. AFP
AnalysisSignal leak reveals Trump administration’s strategic thinking

Leaked conversation provides a rare, unfiltered look at current US foreign policy

USMarch 25, 2025
A man inspects a site in the southern port city of Tyre, Lebanon, after it was targeted in an Israeli air strike. EPA
ExclusiveIsrael builds pressure on Lebanon through truce violations

House speaker warns Israel is trying to lure country into normalisation

MENAMarch 24, 2025
Russian delegation members, including Sergey Beseda, adviser to the head of the FSB, left, and Senator and former diplomat Grigory Karasin, centre, leave the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, after talks between Russia and the US on ending the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. EPA
US and Russian delegations hold talks in Riyadh

President Donald Trump says territorial lines of demarcation and fate of children abducted from Ukraine by Russia discussed

MENAMarch 24, 2025
Humayun's Tomb in Delhi. The Indian capital hosted the Raisina Dialogue this week. Vanessa Ghanem / The National
The view from Delhi: A new world order is taking shape

Officials and experts at the Raisina Dialogue in the Indian capital debate who will shape and lead a new global system

NewsMarch 20, 2025
From left to right, Xavier Bettel, Luxembourg's Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, and Minister for Development Co-operation and Humanitarian Affairs; Maria Malmer Stenergard, Sweden's Minister for Foreign Affairs; Diego Martinez Belío, Spain's State Secretary for Foreign and Global Affairs; Ruben Brekelmans, The Netherlands' Minister of Defence; Florence Gaub, Director of the Research Division, Nato Defence College in Rome; Vanessa Ghanem, Arab Affairs Editor at The National News. ORF
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European ministers call for stronger defence and security co-operation

Push for greater self-reliance comes in response to distancing by US President Donald Trump

EuropeMarch 19, 2025
Dr Anwar Gargash participates in the Raisina Dialogue, organised by the Indian Ministry of External Affairs in New Delhi. Photo: Dr Anwar Gargash / X
We must find common ground with Iran, says UAE's Gargash

Presidential adviser calls for improved diplomatic ties, at a time when the US favours ultimatums

MENAMarch 18, 2025
US National Security Adviser Mike Waltz, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the Head of the Presidential Office of Ukraine Andriy Yermak, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha, and Minister of Defence of Ukraine Rustem Umerov in Jeddah. EPA
Ukraine says it will agree to US proposal for 30-day ceasefire

US resumes military aid and intelligence sharing after breakthrough talks in Saudi Arabia

MENAMarch 11, 2025
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, left, meets Syria's interim President Ahmad Al Shara at the emergency Arab summit at Egypt's New Administrative Capital, just outside Cairo. AP
Arab League debuts for new Lebanon and Syria leaders reflect profound regional shift

Both Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Syria's Ahmad Al Shara took strong positions in their speeches

MENAMarch 05, 2025
Israeli soldiers walk along the buffer zone between Northern Israel and Southern Lebanon in February. Getty Images
ExclusiveIsrael unlikely to withdraw from five key positions in Lebanon

Sources say Israel has convinced US of need to remain

MENAMarch 03, 2025
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun meets Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during his visit to Riyadh. Saudi Press Agency / Reuters
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Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun meets Saudi Crown Prince on first trip abroad

Countries agree to review resumption of exports and emphasise importance of Lebanese state

MENAMarch 03, 2025
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