Ellen Knickmeyer
@KnickmeyerEllen
Foreign policy and national security for AP in DC. Former Riyadh, Beirut, Cairo, Baghdad, Dakar-Abidjan and Rome-based correspondent.
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.
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 . apnews.com/article/palest…
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. nytimes.com/2025/06/29/wor…
. @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 apnews.com/article/senate…
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 apnews.com/article/gaza-h…
Breaking from @AP: The Trump administration is authorizing providing $30 million to an Israeli-backed group distributing food in Gaza, US official says
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! zeteo.com/p/scoop-usaid-…
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. apnews.com/article/gaza-f…
New from @AP: Israeli-backed group seeks at least $30 million from the U.S. for its much-scrutinized aid distribution in Gaza. apnews.com/article/gaza-f…
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. apnews.com/article/israel…
With the world’s attention elsewhere, Saudi Arabia executes a blogger who had advocated for women’s driving and other civil society changes. apnews.com/article/saudi-…
Still not able to access my old foreign-policy @X account, @X 💔
See you in the woodchipper, ex-USAID staffers tell @elonmusk apnews.com/live/donald-tr…
BREAKING: Gaza's Health Ministry says the death toll from gunfire on a crowd heading to an aid site has climbed to 31. apnews.com/article/israel…
“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.”apnews.com/article/israel…
Trump's team is divided on how to tackle the president's vow to ease sanctions on Syria “The initial document sent out last week by the State Department's policy and planning staff proposed a three-phase road map for sanctions relief…” ourmidland.com/news/article/t… @ap
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 apnews.com/article/syria-…