Ellen Knickmeyer

Foreign policy and national security for AP in DC. Former Riyadh, Beirut, Cairo, Baghdad, Dakar-Abidjan and Rome-based correspondent.

[Ellen Knickmeyer @KnickmeyerEllen]

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.

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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 . https://t.co/kemrZK9y25

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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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New on @AP: Bush, Obama and a tearful
Bono pay tribute to @USAID on its last day as an independent agency. Obama calls its gutting “a colossal mistake.” https://t.co/OzWJ5YJ3oW

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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

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Devastating article from @declanwalsh and @tariqpanja about Sheikh Mansour’s role in Sudan’s war and leadership of Manchester City amid historic corruption. https://t.co/nwoBBy0Bcn

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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.

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What's in the latest version of Trump's big bill now before the Senate https://t.co/IsUngNEurI

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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 https://t.co/6BG9LsfurZ

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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! https://t.co/9qcaiYBRpL

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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.”

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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. https://t.co/k5oYoztfDH

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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. https://t.co/k5oYoztfDH

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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. https://t.co/kzjJUJSPxZ

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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. https://t.co/rRWrFc3FHu

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@ParraV 🤞

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@ParraV why is DCA closed? My flight there from Providence just cancelled.

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@LuluGNavarro I am in airport purgatory over at DCA so I feel you!

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Still not able to access my old foreign-policy @X account, @X 💔

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See you in the woodchipper, ex-USAID staffers tell @elonmusk
https://t.co/bHEc6Xl6ao

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Witty. Student exhibit at the U.S. Capitol.

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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/sgOWoswuvs

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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.”https://t.co/0Fbq6bq2z0