Elias Groll

Elias Groll was an assistant editor and staff writer at Foreign Policy from 2013-2019.
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A convoy of U.S. armored vehicles patrols the northern countryside of the northeastern Syrian town of al-Malikiyah at the border with Turkey, on Nov. 3, 2019.
A convoy of U.S. armored vehicles patrols the northern countryside of the northeastern Syrian town of al-Malikiyah at the border with Turkey, on Nov. 3, 2019.

No Cease-Fire in Syria as Joint Russian-Turkish Patrols Begin

Situation Report
Elias Groll, Lara Seligman
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at the State Department.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at the State Department.

Fear and Loathing at Pompeo’s State Department

Report
Robbie Gramer, Colum Lynch, Elias Groll
A member of the Kurdish internal security services known as Asayish stands guard during a demonstration by Syrian Kurds against the Turkish assault on northeastern Syria and in support of the Syrian Democratic Forces, in Syria's northeastern city of Qamishli on Oct. 28, 2019.
A member of the Kurdish internal security services known as Asayish stands guard during a demonstration by Syrian Kurds against the Turkish assault on northeastern Syria and in support of the Syrian Democratic Forces, in Syria's northeastern city of Qamishli on Oct. 28, 2019.

Inside the Iran Hawks’ Doomed Campaign to Stay in Syria

Situation Report
Elias Groll, Lara Seligman
The National Security Council official Alexander Vindman arrives on Capitol Hill to testify.
The National Security Council official Alexander Vindman arrives on Capitol Hill to testify.

Vindman’s Ukraine Testimony Is a Disaster for Trump

Analysis
Elias Groll, Amy Mackinnon
Syrians gather amid the rubble of a building at the site of helicopter gunfire which reportedly killed nine people near the northwestern Syrian village of Barisha in Idlib province along the border with Turkey, where "groups linked to the Islamic State group" were present, according to a Britain-based war monitor with sources inside Syria, on Oct. 27.
Syrians gather amid the rubble of a building at the site of helicopter gunfire which reportedly killed nine people near the northwestern Syrian village of Barisha in Idlib province along the border with Turkey, where "groups linked to the Islamic State group" were present, according to a Britain-based war monitor with sources inside Syria, on Oct. 27.

Inside the Raid That Killed Baghdadi

Situation Report
Elias Groll, Lara Seligman
Vice President Mike Pence delivers a speech on U.S.-China relations.
Vice President Mike Pence delivers a speech on U.S.-China relations.

5 Takeaways From Mike Pence’s Hawkish China Speech 

Takeaway
Elias Groll
Mourners attend the funeral of three Syrian Democratic Forces fighters killed in battles against Turkey-led forces in the Syrian Kurdish town of Qamishli on Oct. 24.
Mourners attend the funeral of three Syrian Democratic Forces fighters killed in battles against Turkey-led forces in the Syrian Kurdish town of Qamishli on Oct. 24.

Russian Military Police Deploy in Northern Syria

Situation Report
Elias Groll, Lara Seligman
Presidents Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan shake hands.
Presidents Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan shake hands.

How Turkey and Russia Carved Up Northern Syria

Explainer
Lara Seligman, Elias Groll, Robbie Gramer
A convoy of U.S. military vehicles arrives near the Iraqi Kurdish town of Bardarash in the Dohuk governorate after withdrawing from northern Syria on Oct. 21, 2019.
A convoy of U.S. military vehicles arrives near the Iraqi Kurdish town of Bardarash in the Dohuk governorate after withdrawing from northern Syria on Oct. 21, 2019.

Trump Weighs Leaving Skeleton Force in Northeast Syria

Situation Report
Elias Groll, Lara Seligman
Turkish-backed Syrian fighters drive into northern Syria.
Turkish-backed Syrian fighters drive into northern Syria.

Fighting Continues in Syria Despite Cease-Fire Agreement

Report
Lara Seligman, Elias Groll, Robbie Gramer
This picture taken on October 17, 2019 from the Turkish side of the border with Syria in the Ceylanpinar district city of Sanliurfa shows smoke and fire rising from the Syrian town of Ras al-Ain during the Turkish offensive against Kurdish groups in northeastern Syria.
This picture taken on October 17, 2019 from the Turkish side of the border with Syria in the Ceylanpinar district city of Sanliurfa shows smoke and fire rising from the Syrian town of Ras al-Ain during the Turkish offensive against Kurdish groups in northeastern Syria.

U.S. Troops in Syria Beat a Hasty Exit

Situation Report
Elias Groll, Lara Seligman
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Halkbank Indictment Turbocharges U.S.-Turkey Tensions

Explainer
Keith Johnson, Elias Groll
President Donald Trump speaks to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
President Donald Trump speaks to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Trump’s Weak Sanctions May Only Help Erdogan

Report
Keith Johnson, Elias Groll
A Syrian fighter with Turkish-backed forces watches an armored personnel carrier maneuvering on the outskirts of the Syrian border town of Tal Abyad on Oct. 13, 2019.
A Syrian fighter with Turkish-backed forces watches an armored personnel carrier maneuvering on the outskirts of the Syrian border town of Tal Abyad on Oct. 13, 2019.

Chaos in Syria as Kurds Ally With Assad

Situation Report
Elias Groll, Lara Seligman
A woman sits in front of the tomb a Syrian Democratic Forces fighter.
A woman sits in front of the tomb a Syrian Democratic Forces fighter.

An Angry Congress Prepares to Rebuke Trump Over Kurds

Report
Elias Groll, Robbie Gramer
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