Ruth Pollard
Ruth Pollard is the Middle East Correspondent for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. Her job takes her throughout the Middle East and North Africa, reporting on the Arab revolutions from Egypt, Libya, Lebanon, Turkey, Jordan, Tunisia and on the conflict in Israel and Palestine.
US to Assad: talk peace in Syria or we help rebels
Ruth Pollard The United States warned it will offer further support to Syria's embattled opposition if President Bashar al-Assad failed to get behind a US and Russia-driven peace initiative in Geneva next month.
Anti-settlement protesters struggle to make Obama hear
Ruth Pollard On a rocky hill overlooking the large Israeli settlement of Ma'ale Adumim, as sheep grazed along the grassy shoulders of the highway that leads into Jerusalem, a large Palestinian flag unfurled in...
'We are a country': Palestinians celebrate
Ruth Pollard in Ramallah The street party was in full swing in the West Bank city of Ramallah well before Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas was due to speak at the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
Ramallah rejoices in historic vote, although few expect change
Ruth Pollard RAMALLAH, West Bank: The street party was in full swing in Ramallah well before the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, stood to speak at the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
Defiant Abbas expected to win UN vote
Ruth Pollard RAMALLAH: Openly defying the US President, Barack Obama, and facing down Israeli threats to abandon the Oslo Accords, the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, will submit a bid to the United Nations...
US punishes companies for Iran sales
Ruth Pollard The US has sanctioned three foreign companies for doing business with Iran.
Victorious rebels consolidate their grip on Libya's capital
Ruth Pollard in Libya NALUT, Libya: As the rebels cemented their hold on the capital, Tripoli, and fought fierce pockets of resistance from pro-Gaddafi forces, Libyans were trying to come to grips with the moment some...
