Rania Khalek

Rania Khalek (Arabic: رانيا عبد الخالق) is an American journalist, video host, and presenter. She hosts the program Dispatches on BreakThrough News and has contributed to The Nation, The Grayzone, The Intercept, Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting, The Electronic Intifada, RT, Salon, MintPress News and others.

She has conducted interviews with prominent figures such as Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, Greek Economy Minister Yanis Varoufakis, Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem, among others, and she has participated in several reports and debates about Lebanon and the Middle East in other media.

Khalek has generated controversy for her coverage of the Syrian Civil War, and was accused by Scottish-Egyptian activist and writer Sam Hamad, writing in The New Arab, of being a propagandist for the Assad regime.