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Vanessa Ghanem

Vanessa Ghanem

Arab Affairs Editor
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 regional geopolitics and diplomacy. Previously, she worked as a freelance multimedia journalist, covering Middle East geopolitics, business, energy and socio-economic issues. Her work has appeared in Al Arabiya English, Al-Monitor and others. She was also a digital media editor at LBCI Lebanon and contributed to the English edition of An-Nahar Newspaper.
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Rafic Hariri delivers a rousing a speech as Lebanon's prime minister, in Beirut in May 1998. He would be dead within seven years. Reuters JS/SB
Aftershocks of Hariri’s killing still felt in Lebanon 20 years on

The 20th anniversary of the killing comes at a critical juncture for Lebanon and the wider Middle East

MENAFebruary 13, 2025
Syria's Foreign Minister Asaad Al Shibani at the World Governments Summit in Dubai. Antonie Robertson / The National
Syria has 'gained freedom' but challenges lie ahead, says Foreign Minister

Asaad Al Shibani tells World Governments Summit in Dubai that new administration's biggest achievement has been avoiding further civil war

MENAFebruary 12, 2025
Emad El Din Adeeb, of Sky News Arabia, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Secretary General of the League of Arab States and Jasem Albudaiwi, Secretary General of the Gulf Co-operation Council at the World Governments Summit in Dubai. Antonie Robertson / The National
Trump creating 'new cycle of conflict' between Israel and Arab states

US and Arab relations must be a 'two-way street', Arab officials say

MENAFebruary 12, 2025
Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed, UAE Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, with senior Arab officials in Saudi Arabia. The Emirates has played a key diplomatic role in the region and Europe. Wam
Successful mediation highlights Gulf’s rising diplomatic influence

Arab nations have taken on key mediator roles in various regions this month

MENAJanuary 31, 2025
Former UNGA president Maria Espinosa at the Raisina Middle East conference in Abu Dhabi. Ms Espinosa advocates for implementing UN resolutions on Palestine, a two-state solution and a people-centred approach to Middle East peace. The National
InterviewEverybody benefits from sustainable peace in Middle East, says former UNGA president

Many officials stress that lasting peace requires serious discussions on a two-state solution

MENAJanuary 29, 2025
Lebanese Economy Minister Amin Salam at the Raisina Middle East conference in Abu Dhabi. Pawan Singh / The National
Interview'Like a virus': Economy minister says Lebanon's old guard resisting reform

Country requires financial aid to tackle economic crisis exacerbated by destruction of Hezbollah-Israel war

MENAJanuary 29, 2025
Nabil Fahmy, Egyptian former foreign minister, speaks to The National on the sidelines of the Raisina summit in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday. The National
Gaza ceasefire may hold but is still flawed, says Egypt’s ex-foreign minister

The power balance is unequal, Nabil Fahmy tells Raisina Middle East conference

MENAJanuary 28, 2025
Smoke rises from the Lebanese village of Burj Al Muluk. Israeli forces are to withdraw from southern Lebanon under the terms of a truce deal with Hezbollah. AFP
Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire likely to be extended

Full Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon set to be delayed, UN source says

MENAJanuary 24, 2025
Lebanon's Prime Minister-designate Nawaf Salam at the presidential palace in Baabda, east of Beirut. AFP
Lebanon moves closer to forming cabinet at critical juncture

New Prime Minister Nawaf Salam has delicate job of forming government

MENAJanuary 20, 2025
US president-elect Donald Trump will face challenges in the Middle East when he begins his second term. AP
Middle East challenges await Trump in second term

Gaza, Iran and Syria present new challenges for US president-elect

MENAJanuary 17, 2025
Nawaf Salam, a diplomat and jurist, previously served as Lebanon's ambassador to the United Nations. AFP
Lebanon’s PM-designate Nawaf Salam begins consultations to form government

Hezbollah and its ally Amal Movement have chosen not to participate

MENAJanuary 15, 2025
Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam arrives at the Presidential Palace in Baabda on Tuesday to meet President Joseph Aoun. Reuters
Lebanon’s PM designate calls for ‘new chapter rooted in justice’

‘Hands extended to everyone,’ Salam says in maiden speech from Presidential Palace

MENAJanuary 14, 2025
FILE PHOTO: Judge Nawaf Salam, president of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) speaks at the ICJ at the start of a hearing in The Hague Netherlands May 16, 2024. REUTERS / Yves Herman / File Photo
Nawaf Salam named Lebanon’s new Prime Minister

Former envoy to UN receives enough support from MPs during consultations with President Joseph Aoun

MENAJanuary 13, 2025
Joseph Aoun at the parliament building in Beirut, after he was elected as Lebanon's president. Reuters
Lebanon army chief Joseph Aoun elected as president

Election comes ahead of major developments, including the fate of a ceasefire with Israel and the start of post-war reconstruction

MENAJanuary 09, 2025
Presidential guards outside Baabda Palace in Beirut. EPA
Aoun emerges as frontrunner as Lebanon moves closer to electing a president

Nation has been without a head of state since October 2022

MENAJanuary 08, 2025
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