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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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Several men, some wearing masks, stood outside the Palestinian embassy in London carrying Israeli and British flags. Photo: Palestinian Mission to the UK / Facebook
Palestine embassy in London vandalised by masked men

Group carrying Israeli and British flags were filmed defacing building with slogans

UKDecember 04, 2025
Ghadames, a desert oasis 650km south-west of Tripoli, is set to host a 200MW solar plant project. AFP
Libya seeks renewable energy investment from UK

Authorities in Tripoli are confident that a new renewable energies law will attract investment

MENADecember 03, 2025
UK sanctions on the Central Bank of Syria were lifted earlier this year. EPA
UK issues business rules for push into Syria

Major sanctions were lifted but exemptions are still needed for trading gold, diamonds and luxury goods

UKDecember 03, 2025
Oil tanker Marlin Luanda burning 60 nautical miles south-east of Aden in Yemen after a missile attack by Houthi fighters in 2024. Indian Navy photo handout
UK launches coalition to train Yemen's coastguard

Yemeni forces intercept drugs and weapons headed for Houthi-controlled territory

MENADecember 02, 2025
A plaque commemorating Chaim Herzog in Dublin's Herzog Park. Reuters
Outrage over push to rename Dublin's Herzog Park

Israeli President Isaac Herzog's father Chaim was honoured by city in 1995

UKDecember 01, 2025
Emad is at his house and in a garden near his house. Moawia Atrash for The National
Special reportFrom exile to rebuilding: the Syrians choosing to return home

After the fall of the Assad regime, a small but determined group from Europe and Turkey are going back to help shape Syria's fragile recovery

MENANovember 28, 2025
There is optimism about opportunities for business in Syria, despite sanctions and post-war challenges. AFP
First business delegation from UK since Al Assad's fall heads to Damascus

Investor appetite for Syria is still being tempered by sanctions and security risk

November 28, 2025
The Home Secretary has won her bid to prevent the family of six from coming to live in the UK. EPA
Gaza family blocked from entering UK under Ukraine scheme

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has decision by senior immigration tribunal overturned

UKNovember 27, 2025
Chancellor Rachel Reeves will unveil her budget on Wednesday. PA
UK suffers tax gap trap but can Reeves stem rush to Dubai?

Experts fear trend towards more wealth taxes from Labour and opposition parties

UKNovember 25, 2025
Syrian HR manager Adham Al Oka and his family in London. Photo: Adham Al Oka
How Britain's hardline new policies could squeeze out skilled immigrants

Syrian HR executive Adham Al Oka's journey to settled status in the UK has been derailed by the government's shift to the right. He is not alone ...

UKNovember 21, 2025
Fatma Said performing at the European Cultural Award 2024 at Philharmonie Luxembourg. Getty
Egyptian soprano fronts Abdel Wahab tribute in London

Award-winning singer looks forward to presenting her voice 'in a new light', while Abdel Wahab's grandson hopes to keep iconic singer's legacy alive

UKNovember 21, 2025
Kerem Reim settlement in Talmon, in the occupied West Bank. Photo: Yehudaasa
MP ups pressure on UK government over settler employed at Tel Aviv embassy

Foreign affairs committee chairwoman says The National's revelations are 'shocking'

UKNovember 19, 2025
Demonstrators hold placards and wave Palestinian flags outside Woolwich Crown Court, London, where Palestine Action activists are standing trial. AFP
Palestine Action campaign launches week of UK protests

Demonstrations to take place before High Court review of government ban on activist group

UKNovember 18, 2025
Nawaf Kabbara with King Abdullah of Jordan at the third Global Disability Summit in Berlin, in April. Photo: Royal Hashemite Court
Arab ShowcaseNawaf Kabbara's quest to raise the profile of disabled people

Rights champion led a peace march at the height of Lebanon’s civil war and has not stopped

Arab ShowcaseNovember 14, 2025
Syria's Foreign Minister Asaad Al Shibani raises the flag at the embassy in London. Photo: Asaad Al Shibani / X
Syria will seize 'historic opportunity' to strengthen UK ties

Foreign Minister Asaad Al Shibani met British secretary Yvette Cooper in London after reopening Syrian embassy

UKNovember 13, 2025
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