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Rageh Omaar

United Kingdom

International Affairs Analyst at ITV News

ITV News International Affairs Editor, @ITVnews, presenter of current affairs programme @ITVOnAssignment. Board of Trustees @BritishCouncil, Trustee @RUSI_org

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  • 1 month ago | itv.com | Rageh Omaar

    Two years ago, I was there as the most recent conflict in Sudan began, and westerners were urgently evacuated from its capital city – Khartoum. It was soon after that Sudan disappeared from the attention of the world. Yet two years on today, while Sudan's capital may no longer be burning as it once did, it is an empty shell, hollowed out, destroyed and vacant of the vibrant communities that made up what it once was. And crucially, Sudan’s agony has got worse.

  • 2 months ago | itv.com | Rageh Omaar

    The saying that an image is worth more than a thousand words is an overused cliché, but this image, in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, more than lives up to the truth of that saying. Why is this such a momentous and important image?

  • Jan 20, 2025 | itv.com | Rageh Omaar

    It is the question on the lips of politicians, diplomats and people on every continent: What will be the key issues and priorities for President Donald Trump’s new administration on the international stage? Yet, it is almost impossible to answer with any clarity because Trump is not a politician who has carefully honed and telegraphed an international manifesto for his foreign policy.

  • Apr 19, 2024 | itv.com | Rageh Omaar

    If I could sum up in a pithy, headline-catching phrase where we are today in the crisis engulfing the most consequential region in global affairs, it would be this: 'Welcome to the new Middle East where there are few upsides but plenty of potential downsides for all of us'. Let me expand. I’m writing this at the end of what has been, by any diplomatic or strategic measure, the most seismic week in modern Middle Eastern history.

  • Oct 12, 2023 | itv.com | Rageh Omaar

    ITV News' International Affairs Editor Rageh Omaar sat down with former Israeli PM Ehud Olmert to talk about the fate of his country and ongoing conflictEhud Olmert is the last prime minister of Israel to lead the Jewish state into war with Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon within his premiership.

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Rageh Omaar
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12 Apr 25

RT @Peston: Watch this powerful @itvnews piece in which Tidjane Thiam, leader of the Ivory Coast opposition, tells @ragehomaar about the su…

Rageh Omaar
Rageh Omaar @ragehomaar
29 Mar 25

21 years ago- Africa, the Somali speaking world and the international community lost a giant of a man. Brilliant diplomat, loving husband and dad and the sweetest and most man - and my uncle Abdelmajid Hussein 🇪🇹 https://t.co/r7qmw6nOnk

Rageh Omaar
Rageh Omaar @ragehomaar
28 Mar 25

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