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Lemma Shehadi

Lemma Shehadi

Senior Correspondent
London
Lemma Shehadi covers stories of Middle East interest in the UK. She has reported from the Middle East, Europe and South Asia. She won The Independent’s Rupert Cornwell Prize for foreign journalism to write a series on the Yazidis of Iraq and the Caucasus in 2019. She was a One World Media Fellow 2022, looking at the impact of wildfires and reforestation in the marginalized north of Lebanon.
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Syrian market traders will benefit from Syria's reconnection to the Swift system, proponents say. Getty Images
Legacy socialism, vested interests: Can European investors break into Syria?

With the last package of sanctions lifted, foreign businesses see opportunities aplenty. But there are obstacles ...

NewsFebruary 06, 2026
Dr Ghassan Abu Sittah believes the GMC appeal against him is a result of pressure from the UK government. Getty
UK medical regulator reopens Gaza surgeon Ghassan Abu Sittah complaint

Plastic surgeon claims GMC has been 'weaponised' to silence doctors speaking out about Israeli war crimes

UKFebruary 06, 2026
Samuel Corner, Charlotte Head, Elie Kamio, Fatema Zinab Rajwani, Zoe Rogers and Jordan Devlin faced trial at Woolwich Crown Court.
Six Palestine Action activists cleared of aggravated burglary

Defendants were accused of attacking the UK premises of Israeli defence company Elbit Systems

UKFebruary 04, 2026
A tourist prepares to throw a coin into Rome’s Trevi Fountain after the city introduced a €2 fee to access the basin. Reuters
Fee of €2 at Rome's Trevi Fountain boosts city's tourist levy

Paris and London eye charges as UK government hopes to end free entry to major museums

EuropeFebruary 03, 2026
Refugees and detainees gather as Kurdish internal security forces and members of the Women’s Protection Units conduct a security operation in Al Roj camp, Syria. Reuters
Al Roj camp managers fear women emboldened by thoughts of ISIS resurgence

Camp administrator fears world is 'closing its eyes and ears' to emerging threat

MENAJanuary 30, 2026
Jack Letts was last known to be detained in a prison in Raqqa, Syria. Photo: Family handout
'Moving my son to Iraq from ISIS camp risks death sentence'

Sally Lane, whose son Jack Letts has been held in Syria since 2017 without trial, says he should be returned to UK or Canada to face justice

UKJanuary 29, 2026
Former cabinet minister Khalid Yousif, right, addressing members of the Sudanese community during Somoud's European tour. Photo: Somoud
Sudan's Somoud backs Hamdok's call for European support to end civil war

Former cabinet minister Khalid Yousif tells The National that former regime forces are stalling the peace process and dividing society

EuropeJanuary 28, 2026
UK Attorney General Richard Hermer at a conference this month to mark the 80th anniversary of the founding of the UN. He is responsible for determining the legality of the government's actions. AFP
UK government urged to get tougher on Israel to meet ICJ Gaza orders

British charity calls for stronger measures against Israel in line with the court's provisional measures from 2024

UKJanuary 27, 2026
Abdalla Hamdok served as prime minister in Sudan’s short-lived first civilian government. Reuters
Abdalla Hamdok tours Europe to push Sudan peace process

Exiled leader has described US-led roadmap as 'light at the end of the tunnel'

EuropeJanuary 26, 2026
British-born Shamima Begum, from Bethnal Green in London, was persuaded to join ISIS in Syria aged 15 in 2015, and is detained at Al Roj camp. Getty Images
Lawyer believes Shamima Begum will return to UK

Damascus authorities expected to seek repatriation agreement for wives and children of detained foreign ISIS fighters

UKJanuary 23, 2026
British-born Shamima Begum from London is no longer a British citizen. Getty Images
Shamima Begum's citizenship challenge takes new twist with Syria upheaval

Collapse of Kurdish control in north-east raises risks for Britons stripped of citizenship

UKJanuary 21, 2026
Nasrin Roshan in London, campaigning for Iranian women and her late niece, Sara Tabrizi. Lemma Shehadi / The National
Freed Evin prisoner demands ‘action now’ in hunger strike at US London embassy

Nasrin Roshan calls on Donald Trump to follow through on promises to protesters

UKJanuary 20, 2026
The first session of the UN General Assembly in London, 1946. Photo: Photo: Marcel Bolomey/UN
The UN returns to where it all began to mark its 80th birthday

Central Westminster Hall, where the first General Assembly was held, will host a conference with one eye on the organisation's past and the other on its future

UKJanuary 16, 2026
James Cleverly is accused of intervening on a Home Office decision to grant a Palestinian citizen of Israel asylum in the UK. Getty Images
Palestinian citizen of Israel granted UK asylum over 'well-founded fears of persecution'

Lawyers accuse former British home secretary of blocking move to grant asylum

UKJanuary 15, 2026
Iranian authorities imposed an internet shutdown, as a popular uprising against the regime was suppressed. EPA
Iran phishing campaign targets critics abroad despite internet shutdown

Cybersecurity expert warns high-tech attackers can gain access to any victim's phone using QR code

MENAJanuary 14, 2026
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