Ellen Knickmeyer
Foreign
» Washington Post Staff Writer | Before landing in Cairo, Ellen Knickmeyer served as the Washington Post's Baghdad bureau chief. She has covered conflicts in Kosovo, East Timor, Afghanistan and Pakistan, Congo, Liberia, Ivory Coast and other countries since 1998. She previously was West Africa bureau chief for The Associated Press and Rome correspondent for the AP.
Articles by Ellen Knickmeyer
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Palestinian Recruits Hit Streets Unprepared (May 3, 2008)
Syrian President Open to Israel Talks (April 25, 2008)
In Egypt, Upper Crust Gets the Bread (April 5, 2008)
As Tensions Rise in Lebanon, Residents Again Fear the Worst (March 21, 2008)
As Tensions Rise in Lebanon, Residents Again Fear the Worst (March 21, 2008)
Palestinian Forces' Training Marred by Delays, Politics (March 15, 2008)
Palestinian Forces' Training Marred by Delays, Politics (March 15, 2008)
Turkish Troops Leaving N. Iraq (March 1, 2008)
Some Turks Question Timing of Iraq Push (February 28, 2008)
In Turkey, Students Test a New Policy on Head Scarves (February 26, 2008)
Kurdish Soldiers in Iraq Caught Between Competing Allegiances (February 24, 2008)
Turkey's Gul Signs Head Scarf Measure (February 23, 2008)
Gazans Feeling Recoil of Attacks on Israel (February 19, 2008)
Ban on Head Scarves Voted Out in Turkey (February 10, 2008)
Israel to Intensify Strikes If Rocket Fire Continues (February 8, 2008)
Hamas Asserts Role in Suicide Bombing (February 6, 2008)
Suicide Bombing Kills Woman in Israel (February 5, 2008)
Egyptians Reseal Border, Cutting Access From Gaza (February 4, 2008)
2006 War Called a 'Failure' for Israel (January 31, 2008)
High Court Affirms Plan To Reduce Power to Gaza (January 31, 2008)
Israeli 'Economic Warfare' to Include Electricity Cuts in Gaza (January 28, 2008)
'Dear Palestinian Brothers . . . Please Return to Gaza' (January 26, 2008)
Order Begins to Return To Breached Gaza Border (January 25, 2008)
Gazans Stream Into Egypt As Border Wall Is Breached (January 24, 2008)
Israel Briefly Eases Grip on Gaza (January 23, 2008)
Gazans Fear Crisis After Four Days of Blockade (January 22, 2008)
Gaza Gripped by Cold and Darkness After Israel Blocks Delivery of Fuel (January 21, 2008)
Israel Blocks Supplies, Steps Up Gaza Airstrikes (January 19, 2008)
A New Text in Islamic Law (January 19, 2008)
Democracy Activists Disappointed in Bush (January 17, 2008)
Blast Near U.S. Embassy Vehicle Kills 3 (January 16, 2008)
Bush to Meet With Women Activists in Kuwait (January 12, 2008)
Egypt to Bolster Gaza Border (January 7, 2008)
As Bush Heads to Mideast, Renewed Questions on Iran (January 7, 2008)
Bombing Targets Troops in Turkey's Kurdish Area; 5 Civilians Die (January 4, 2008)
Egypt Opens Crossing So Palestinians Can Return (January 3, 2008)
Gunmen Kill U.S. Diplomat, Driver in Sudan's Capital (January 2, 2008)
Turkish Warplanes Again Cross Border To Bomb in N. Iraq (December 27, 2007)
Out of Iraq: The Haves, Have-Nots And Dogs (December 26, 2007)
Defending Old Ways on an Oasis in the Nile (December 22, 2007)
Strictures in U.S. Prompt Arabs to Study Elsewhere (December 20, 2007)
Turkey Sends Troops Into Iraq to Battle Kurdish Rebels (December 19, 2007)
In U.A.E, Weakened Dollar Slows Dubai Tower's Race to the Skies (December 7, 2007)
Annapolis Talks Prompt Much Doubt, a Few Jokes, in Mideast (November 29, 2007)
Jordan Vote Reflects Islamic Parties' Slide (November 27, 2007)
Jordan's Limited Democracy Leaves Voters Discontented (November 20, 2007)
For Young Libyans, Old-Style Marriage Is a Dream Too Far (November 14, 2007)
Darfur's 'Moment of Truth' Yields Little (November 8, 2007)
Egyptian Police Sentenced In Landmark Torture Case (November 6, 2007)
Oil Wealth Fuels Gaddafi's Drive For Reinvention (November 6, 2007)
Talks on Darfur Open With Partial Boycott by Rebels (October 28, 2007)
Darfur Rebels Balk At Talks in Libya (October 27, 2007)
Turkey Intensifies Border Operations (October 25, 2007)
Turkish Planes Bomb Kurdish Rebels Along Iraqi Border (October 25, 2007)
In Egypt, A Son Is Readied for Succession (October 11, 2007)
Breaking the Fast With Family, Friends And Late-Night Fun (October 5, 2007)
Cairo Moving More Aggressively To Cripple Muslim Brotherhood (October 1, 2007)
Whiling Away the Night In the Salon of the Sahara (September 15, 2007)
In Morocco, a Hush at the Polls (September 12, 2007)
Islamic Party Confident in Morocco (September 7, 2007)
Gul Elected to Turkey's Presidency (August 29, 2007)
A Crisis of Conscience Over Refugees in Israel (August 25, 2007)
Israel to Block New Refugees From Darfur (August 20, 2007)
Flight From Darfur Ends Violently in Egypt (August 19, 2007)
Turkey to Warn Iraq on Rebel Sanctuaries (August 6, 2007)
Gulf States Buy Arms With Wary Eye on Iran (August 4, 2007)
Egypt Finding Fewer Gaza Smuggling Tunnels (July 30, 2007)
In Turkish Vote, Ruling Party Wins By Wide Margin (July 23, 2007)
Islamic Attire Dominates Debate Before Turkish Vote (July 22, 2007)
Turkey Taking Harder Line on Restive Kurds (July 20, 2007)
Egyptian Extremist Rewriting Rationale For Armed Struggle (July 15, 2007)
Lebanon Shells Refugee Camp (July 13, 2007)
Israelis, Arabs Meeting to Shore Up Abbas (June 25, 2007)
Gaza Straining At Egypt's Door (June 18, 2007)
Radical Group Pulls In Sunnis As Lebanon's Muslims Polarize (June 17, 2007)
Ruling Party Sweeps Egyptian Vote (June 14, 2007)
Egyptian Voters Impeded In Opposition Strongholds (June 12, 2007)
'Message' Campaign for Egyptians Barred From Ballot (June 11, 2007)
Radicals Hit Lebanese Army From Second Refugee Camp (June 4, 2007)
U.N. Council Backs Tribunal For Lebanon (May 31, 2007)
Lebanon Violence Is Viewed As Omen (May 25, 2007)
Lebanese Military Threatens To Renew Assault on Camp (May 24, 2007)
Shelling Ceases in Lebanon (May 23, 2007)
Lebanon Confronts A Fierce Adversary (May 22, 2007)
Lebanese Army Shells Refugee Camp (May 21, 2007)
Cherokee Nation To Vote on Expelling Slaves' Descendants (March 3, 2007)
Sectarian Strife in Iraq Imperils Entire Region, Analysts Warn (November 16, 2006)
Hussein Sentenced To Death By Hanging (November 6, 2006)
Hussein Verdict Near After Trial With 'Serious Shortcomings' (November 4, 2006)
Iraq Tells U.S. to Quit Checkpoints (November 1, 2006)
Twofold Operation Seals Sadr City (October 30, 2006)
Bush, Iraqi Premier Act to Close Rift After Week of Tension (October 29, 2006)
In Baghdad, a Sudden Chance to Play (October 28, 2006)
U.S. Deaths In Iraq Near Peak Months (October 27, 2006)
In Syria, Iraq's Fate Silences Rights Activists (October 26, 2006)
More U.S. Troops May Be Iraq-Bound (October 25, 2006)
Iraqi Prime Minister Acts to Rein In Militias (October 24, 2006)
In Balad, Age-Old Ties Were 'Destroyed in a Second' (October 23, 2006)
Mortar Attack Kills 32 In Mostly Shiite Iraqi City (October 22, 2006)
One-Day Toll in Iraq Combat Is Highest for U.S. in Months (October 19, 2006)
One-Day Iraq Toll Is Highest for U.S. In Many Months (October 19, 2006)
Tense Calm Prevails as Iraqi Forces Seal Off River Town (October 18, 2006)
Families Flee Iraqi River Towns On 4th Day of Sectarian Warfare (October 17, 2006)
Dozens Of Iraqis Killed in Reprisals (October 16, 2006)
Three More U.S. Troops Killed Near Baghdad (October 15, 2006)
Sunni Arabs Targeted in Revenge Killings (October 15, 2006)
Shiite Militiamen Attack Town Killing 27 Sunni Arabs (October 14, 2006)
Official: Guard Force Is Behind Death Squads (October 14, 2006)
Iraqi Colonel Who Bridged Sectarian Divide Is Killed (October 14, 2006)
Gunmen Attack TV Station in Baghdad (October 13, 2006)
In Syria, Converting For Sake of Politics (October 6, 2006)
British Find No Evidence Of Arms Traffic From Iran (October 4, 2006)
Top Aide to Sadr Outlines Vision of a U.S.-Free Iraq (September 12, 2006)
Sadr, a Question Mark Etched in Black (September 11, 2006)
Body Count in Baghdad Nearly Triples (September 8, 2006)
At Least 69 Killed in Attacks Across Iraq (August 28, 2006)
Iraqi Museum Sealed Against Looters (August 27, 2006)
Disavowed by Mahdi Army, Shadowy 'Butcher' Still Targets Sadr's Foes (August 25, 2006)
Sadr's Militia and the Slaughter in the Streets (August 25, 2006)
'Shiite Giant' Extends Its Reach (August 24, 2006)
Survivors Describe '87 Chemical Attack (August 23, 2006)
Highest Alert Is Maintained; Air Traffic Begins to Rebound (August 12, 2006)
Stranded in the Center of the Storm (August 11, 2006)
Military-Style Assault Kills Dozens in Iraqi Marketplace (July 18, 2006)
Capital Charges Filed In Rape-Slaying Case (July 11, 2006)