Ellen Knickmeyer
@KnickmeyerEllen
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Foreign policy and national security for AP in DC. Former Riyadh, Beirut, Cairo, Baghdad, Dakar-Abidjan and Rome-based correspondent.
Joined August 2014
I’m here on a long-unused Twitter account while I await and hope for X to restore me to the @EllenKnickmeyer foreign-policy account I’ve been locked out of. Sad face.
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The kind of not-giving-it-all-away hint the world needs today.
I think, this is the first instance when one letter appeared thrice. #Wordle 1,475 6/6*. ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜.⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜.⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩.⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩.⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩.🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩.
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Important from @sammednick and @frankeljulia - American contractors guarding aid distribution sites in Gaza are using live ammunition and stun grenades as hungry Palestinians scramble for food, according to accounts and videos obtained by @AP .
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I took out tearful from the story - some of the other people I talked to didn’t perceive such.
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Deepest of dives on what’s known and alleged about the UAE’s role in the Sudan war and beyond, by @declanwalsh.
Devastating article from @declanwalsh and @tariqpanja about Sheikh Mansour’s role in Sudan’s war and leadership of Manchester City amid historic corruption.
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. @LisaMascaro and other dedicated folks at @AP are tracking the Trump bill around the clock so you don’t have to.
What's in the latest version of Trump's big bill now before the Senate
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Breaking from @AP: The Trump administration has agreed to help fund an Israeli-backed aid operation intended to replace UN-led humanitarian system in Gaza. With @APDiploWriter
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Breaking from @AP: The Trump administration is authorizing providing $30 million to an Israeli-backed group distributing food in Gaza, US official says.
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Pointing out this very good story from Prem Thakker of @zeteo_news on the GHF funding request to US. I learned of the issue separately, but he had the scoop!
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GHF projects “a $150 million monthly budget once the group’s current aid sites fully gear up — an amount equal to $1.8 billion a year.”.
New from @AP: Israeli-backed group seeks at least $30 million from the U.S. for its much-scrutinized aid distribution in Gaza.
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New from @AP: Israeli-backed group seeks at least $30 million from the U.S. for its much-scrutinized aid distribution in Gaza.
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Firms led by American former CIA and military officers are coordinating with combatant governments to deliver aid in conflicts in Gaza and Africa. Humanitarian groups fear weaponization of aid.
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With the world’s attention elsewhere, Saudi Arabia executes a blogger who had advocated for women’s driving and other civil society changes.
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RT @AP: BREAKING: Gaza's Health Ministry says the death toll from gunfire on a crowd heading to an aid site has climbed to 31. https://t.co….
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“Crowds of Palestinians broke through the fences around the distribution site on Tuesday, and an Associated Press journalist heard Israeli tank and gun fire, and saw a military helicopter firing flares.”
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RT @joshrogin: Trump's team is divided on how to tackle the president's vow to ease sanctions on Syria. “The initial document sent out last….
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Announcement in first step in promised sanctions relief for Syria could come as soon as Friday or on Tuesday, after Memorial Day.
New: Trump administration officials are proposing a 6-month waiver in Caesar sanctions as a first step in making good on Trump’s pledge to lift sanctions burdening Syria’s new gov, officials tell @AP
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