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
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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
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Elias Groll, Lara Seligman
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