Elizabeth Hagedorn
State Department Correspondent at Al-Monitor
State Department Correspondent at @AlMonitor. 📩 = [email protected]
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3 days ago |
al-monitor.com | Elizabeth Hagedorn
MUSCAT, Oman — The Trump administration sounded cautiously upbeat after US and Iranian negotiators concluded their latest round of nuclear talks, agreeing to reconvene to hammer out the technical details of a potential deal.
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2 weeks ago |
archive.is | Elizabeth Hagedorn |Adam Lucente |Rosaleen Carroll |Beatrice Farhat
You're reading an excerpt from Al-Monitor Washington, where we break down the latest in US-Middle East diplomacy. To read the full newsletter, sign up here. WASHINGTON — Syria’s new leader, once allied with al-Qaeda, hasn’t ruled out normalization with Israel. Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa told Rep. Marlin Stutzman (R-Ind.) during their meeting in Damascus on Saturday that he is open to joining the Abraham Accords under the right conditions.
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3 weeks ago |
al-monitor.com | Elizabeth Hagedorn
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Marco Rubio has announced an overhaul of the State Department’s workforce that would see the closure or consolidation of several human rights-related offices he described as part of the department’s “sprawling bureaucracy.” The State Department in its current form is “bloated" and "bureaucratic,” Rubio said in a statement Tuesday. “Over the past 15 years, the Department’s footprint has had unprecedented growth and costs have soared,” Rubio said.
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1 month ago |
al-monitor.com | Elizabeth Hagedorn
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Monday that the United States is conducting “direct talks” with Iran over its nuclear program. Speaking alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office, Trump told reporters a “very big meeting” with Tehran would take place on Saturday between high-level officials. “We're dealing with them directly, and maybe a deal is going to be made,” Trump said.
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1 month ago |
al-monitor.com | Elizabeth Hagedorn
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration further ratcheted up sanctions on Iran Tuesday, targeting an alleged weapons procurement network and unveiling criminal charges against a pair of Iranian nationals accused of involvement.
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Senior US official on 3+ hour Iran talks: "We are encouraged by today's outcome." "Agreement was reached to move forward with the talks to continue working through technical elements." Next meeting in "near future."
RT @IRIMFA_SPOX: Another round of indirect Iran-United States talks is underway in Muscat, Oman. Iran is firmly determined to pursue its…
NEW — State confirms Rubio to join Trump in Saudi Arabia and Qatar before heading to Turkey from May 14-16 to attend the informal NATO foreign ministers meeting