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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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Lord Tariq Ahmad of Wimbledon, former minister for the Middle East who fears the UK does not carry the weight of diplomacy it once did. AFP.
UK will use influence with US and Israel to support Gaza ceasefire talks

Lord Tariq Ahmad says Westminster can only 'lean in where it can' as international stabilisation efforts begin

UKOctober 22, 2025
Ann Snow, UK special representative for Syria, meets Syrian Defence Minister Murhaf Abu Qasra in Damascus. Photo: Ann Snow / X
UK removes Hayat Tahrir Al Sham from terror list

Decision aimed at enabling closer engagement with post-Assad Syrian government

UKOctober 21, 2025
Angelina Jolie has spoken out against Israel's war on Gaza. EPA
Angelina Jolie could set up 'huge SOS village' for Gaza orphans, activist says

Palestinian activist welcomes reports Hollywood actress plans to play role in Gaza reconstruction

MENAOctober 21, 2025
The Royal Astronomical Society library in London, a window into the world of Ibn Al Haytham. Photo: Royal Astronomical Society
The Islamic mathematician who defied the Greeks to prove light travels straight

Ibn Al Haytham inspired generations of European philosophers, physicists and astronomers - but his road to recognition was a rocky one

UKOctober 17, 2025
A UN Development Programme delegation, including special representative Jaco Cilliers, centre, assess the damage in Gaza city after the ceasefire came into effect. Reuters
Europe's leaders flesh out support for Gaza reconstruction before key summit

Cairo conference in November stems from US-brokered peace plan - but could boost role of Palestinian Authority

UKOctober 17, 2025
Radek Sikorski with an Iranian-made Shahed-136 attack drone used by Russia to attack Ukraine. Getty Images
Poland calls for new maritime laws to counter Iran and Russia

Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski says illicit selling of oil to fund war in Ukraine must be stopped

UKOctober 15, 2025
Palestinians collect water from a broken pipe surrounded by destroyed buildings in Gaza city. AP
Gaza’s 'ecological collapse' threatens recovery

Two years of war have poisoned the territory's water and contaminated the air with rubble particles

MENAOctober 14, 2025
Craig and Lindsay Foreman were arrested in Kerman in early January. Photo supplied by their family.
British woman transferred to Iran's Evin prison after inmate deaths

Lindsay Foreman's family hope jail move will mean more phone contact despite its notorious reputation

UKOctober 14, 2025
Police are surrounded by burning street barricades during protests in Derry, 1969. Getty Images
UK pitches lessons from Northern Ireland for Gaza peace fund

Keir Starmer offers British weapons decommissioning expertise

UKOctober 14, 2025
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The Evin prisoner who was released - and the 'daughters' she had to leave behind

Nasrin Roshan is safe in London after her second jail term in Iran. But her heart remains behind bars - and she is convinced her incarcerators' days are numbered

UKOctober 10, 2025
Students attend a pro-Palestine demonstration in London, where protests have been held throughout the Gaza war. Getty Images
Europe's Palestine supporters to 'stay in the streets' despite Gaza ceasefire

Anger aimed at governments remains, with organisers in UK planning 'largest ever' demonstration

EuropeOctober 10, 2025
Demonstrators hold a banner reading 'Islamisation? Re-migration!' during a rally in Pontida, Italy. EPA
Italy's ruling party proposes new laws on head coverings

Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's attempts to squeeze out some sources of foreign funding

EuropeOctober 09, 2025
Pro-Palestinian campaigners demonstrated outside weapons manufacturer BAE Systems's Rochdale site on Tuesday. Getty Images
Palestinian rights group challenges UK court over F-35 arms sales

High Court ruling in British government's favour is being appealed

UKOctober 09, 2025
Israel’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel, right, meets UK Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch. Photo: Sharren Haskel / X
Israeli ministers rebuked after intervention in UK politics

Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel says Labour Party has 'lost any moral purpose whatsoever'

UKOctober 07, 2025
Mark Evans kayaking in his adopted country. Photo: Mark Evans
From dune peaks to the blue ocean, kayaker's 3,000km voyage around Oman

Mark Evans' latest expedition aims to raise awareness about the need to protect sea life in the Gulf

UKOctober 03, 2025
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