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Ali Gharib

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Ali Gharib is The Intercept’s Senior News Editor. He was previously the chief politics editor at Mic, a contributor to The Nation, and a reporting fellow with the Investigative Fund at the Nation Institute, now Type Media Center. His work has appeared in The Guardian, Brooklyn Magazine, the New Republic, Foreign Policy, Haaretz, and the Daily Beast, among other outlets. He lives in Brooklyn.

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Israel's "Safe Zone" Is Creeping Farther Into Syria

Nour Samaha

- Jan. 23, 2018

Through NGOs and local rebel groups, Israel's influence is extending deeper into Syria — tightening its grip on the occupied Golan Heights.

TOPSHOT - Yemenis stand on the rubble of houses destroyed in a suspected Saudi-led coalition air strike in Sanaa on June 9, 2017.Four civilians, including two teenagers, died "in a strike by the coalition that targeted a civilian house behind the presidential palace in the south of the capital", a medical source said. / AFP PHOTO / Mohammed HUWAIS (Photo credit should read MOHAMMED HUWAIS/AFP/Getty Images)

Making a Killing

Hacked Email Shows UAE Ambassador Lobbying the Obama White House on Yemen War

Alex Emmons

- June 30, 2017

Hacked emails reveal how the UAE sought to discredit reporting about its machinations and rights abuses — and how the Obama White House pushed back.

Demonstrators chant as they carry a photo of Iranian opposition leader Maryam Rajavi during a march in Washington after rallying in front of the White House Saturday, Oct. 22,  2011. Hundreds of people rallied, demanding that an Iranian opposition group, Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK), once allied with Iraq's Saddam Hussein, be removed from a U.S. terror list.  (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

How a One-Time Terrorist Group Prevailed on Capitol Hill

Ali Gharib, Eli Clifton

- Feb. 26, 2015

Once regarded as a fringe group of exiles, the Mojahedin have used money and supporters to go from outlawed terrorist organization to influential players.

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