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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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The Labour leader Keir Starmer and Andrew Feinstein. Getty Images / The National
Hard-left challenge to Starmer marches on

Opponent Andrew Feinstein says UK's conditional recognition is 'deeply offensive' to the Palestinian struggle

UKAugust 06, 2025
Craig and Lindsay Foreman were detained as they travelled across Iran by motorbike. Photo: Joe Bennett
Son fears for UK couple sent to separate Iranian jails after months in detention

Lindsay Foreman's son fears for her health after she was moved to notorious jail

UKAugust 05, 2025
Majd Al Shagnobi, 15, from Gaza, whose jaw was shattered by an Israeli tank shell strike in February 2024, on a plane to London with Omar Din, co-founder of Project Pure Hope. Photo: Project Pure Hope
UK taskforce set up to bring injured children from Gaza

Up to 300 children injured in Gaza could get NHS care, while a UK charity continues its work for privately-funded evacuations.

UKAugust 04, 2025
There are growing calls for Prime Minister Keir Starmer to announce that the UK will recognise a state of Palestine without ifs and buts. PA
UK urged to recognise state of Palestine without delay

Prime Minister Keir Starmer under increasing public and political pressure to drop conditions

UKAugust 02, 2025
The false claims about people who frequently travel are 'designed to cause undue alarm', said the tax authority. PA
UK tax authority warns of fake social media posts

Viral video claiming Britain is tracking people's travel is disinformation, says HMRC

UKJuly 31, 2025
A protest outside the Foreign Office in London by the campaign group Na'amod and Mi-Neged. Photo: Lia Na'ama Ten Brink
UK Jewish body calls for open Gaza aid amid Starmer row

The Board of Deputies set out concerns over the UK recognising a Palestinian state

UKJuly 30, 2025
Campaigners outside court in London, where Palestine Action won its bid to proceed with a legal challenge against a government decision to designate the group a terrorist organisation. PA
High Court grants Palestine Action bid to challenge terrorist ban

Protest group can now legally contest UK government decision

UKJuly 30, 2025
A suspect is detained by police for alleged possession of a dangerous weapon in Elephant and Castle, south London. Getty Images
Report calls for tougher policing to tackle London's soaring knife crime

Former top officer urges UK capital to bring back controversial stop and search

UKJuly 30, 2025
Britain's Foreign Secretary David Lammy meets Syrian President Ahmad Al Shara at the Presidential Palace in Damascus. Sana
Frustration with UK over slow-walk Damascus ties as embassy remains closed

After a quick embrace, Britain trails in race to establish diplomatic presence in Syria

UKJuly 29, 2025
London-based architect Ranim Alwair. Lemma Shehadi / The National
Syrian diaspora hopes AI can help rebuild country’s tech future

London Sync event promotes Syria roadshow in Damascus, Latakia and Aleppo in August

BusinessJuly 24, 2025
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Is Jonathan Powell the UK’s most influential diplomat?

National Security Adviser is close to new Syrian leadership thanks to his conflict mediation charity work

UKJuly 23, 2025
Burnt-out cars after clashes near the Mitiga area of Tripoli in May. EPA
Libyan prison militia chief arrested in Germany

Khaled Al Hishri wanted by ICC for alleged crimes at Tripoli's feared Mitiga prison

EuropeJuly 18, 2025
Police at the scene of the fatal stabbing in London, on Thursday. Lemma Shehadi / The National
Man stabbed to death 'by masked attacker' in London’s 'Rolex Ripper' hotspot

Attack happened on Wednesday night between upmarket store and Park Tower Club hotel

UKJuly 10, 2025
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, left, and Prime Minister Keir Starmer lay a wreath at the July 7 Memorial in Hyde Park, London, on Monday. PA
UK marks 20 years since 7/7 with calls for unity

King Charles III and Prime Minister Keir Starmer remember how Londoners came together against hate

UKJuly 07, 2025
LONDON - JULY 7: The rear of the bus that was destroyed by an explosion at Tavistock Square during a series of explosions which ripped through London's underground tube and bus network is seen on July 7, 2005 in London, England. Apart from the perpetrators, 52 people were killed and over 700 others were injured after a series of suicide bombings by Islamic terrorists on three Underground trains and a bus during the morning rush hour of 7th July 2005.(Photo by Stephen Munday/Getty Images)
UK forced to rethink approach to terrorism 20 years after 7/7 attacks

Experts say narrow focus on Islamist extremism fostered far-right sentiment

UKJuly 06, 2025
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