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In Washington, DC, reporting on diplomacy, regional politics, human rights
Elizabeth Hagedorn is Al-Monitor's State Department correspondent, reporting on events shaping US policy in the Middle East and North Africa. In this role, she has traveled to the region as part of Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s press pool. Hagedorn has conducted sit-down interviews with the foreign ministers of Iran, Oman, Jordan and Algeria as well as senior members of the State Department. She previously reported on the region as a freelance journalist in Turkey and Iraq for publications including Middle East Eye, The National and The Guardian. On Twitter: @ElizHagedorn. Email: [email protected].
![Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and his US counterpart Joe Biden hold a meeting on the sidelines of the COP27 summit, in Egypt's Red Sea resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh, on Nov. 11, 2022.](/https/www.al-monitor.com/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2024-09/GettyImages-1244687292.jpg?h=4b34a9d0&itok=m2CA2Rv8)
![Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris debate for the first time during the presidential election campaign at The National Constitution Center on September 10, 2024 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After earning the Democratic Party nomination following President Joe Biden's decision to leave the race, Harris faced off with Trump in what may be the only debate of the 2024 race for the White House. (Photo by Win](/https/www.al-monitor.com/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2024-09/GettyImages-2171254794.jpg?h=f21c7907&itok=HzDrN1Uc)
![Lammy Blinken](/https/www.al-monitor.com/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2024-09/GettyImages-2170478245.jpg?h=8b9f2a7d&itok=GC7WaPYL)
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Analysis
![Protesters gather to demand a Gaza hostages deal on Sept. 1, 2024, in Tel Aviv, Israel.](/https/www.al-monitor.com/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2024-09/GettyImages-2169100089%20copy.jpeg?h=a5ae579a&itok=_OfkP49E)
![Attendees hold up signs with the names of people who died in the Gaza war on the second day of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, on August 20, 2024.](/https/www.al-monitor.com/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2024-08/GettyImages-2166924114%20copy.jpeg?h=3426ee7c&itok=SwK_afKB)
![US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks to members of the press at David Kempinski Hotel in Tel Aviv on Aug. 19, 2024.](/https/www.al-monitor.com/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2024-08/GettyImages-2166764401.jpg?h=fbe97f27&itok=FjVcwDEj)
![(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on February 13, 2024 shows (L to R) CIA Director William Burns during an official State Dinner at the White House in Washington, DC, on June 22, 2023; Israel's Mossad Director David Barnea during a conference in Herzliya on September 10, 2023; and Qatar's Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos on January 16, 2024. CIA director William Burns, Mossad chief David Barnea and Qatari Prime](/https/www.al-monitor.com/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2024-08/GettyImages-1999922366.jpg?h=c6980913&itok=fidKiGeB)
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Analysis
![This handout picture provided by the Iranian army office on Dec. 24, 2023, shows equipment on display.](/https/www.al-monitor.com/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2024-08/GettyImages-1871823017.jpg?h=a7dfd05f&itok=ZPJo4OKv)
![A cleric stands next to a poster depicting slain leader of the Palestinian Hamas group Ismail Haniyeh at Tehran's Palestine square on August 8, 2024.](/https/www.al-monitor.com/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2024-08/GettyImages-2165300804%20copy.jpeg?h=a5ae579a&itok=Cic_1vKV)
![Iranians lift up a flag and the mock up of a missile during a celebration following Iran's missiles and drones attack on Israel, on April 15 2024, at Palestine square in central Tehran.](/https/www.al-monitor.com/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2024-08/GettyImages-2147834408%20copy.jpeg?h=a5ae579a&itok=oFrcfWEV)