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      Lemma Shehadi

      Lemma Shehadi

      Senior Correspondent
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      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 President Ahmad Al Shara is received in Berlin by German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier. AFP
      Al Shara discusses next move for Germany's Syrian refugees on visit to Berlin

      Syrian President holds talks on migration initiatives with Chancellor and President

      EuropeMarch 30, 2026
      The pre-revolutionary flag, left, and the tricolor decorate the stage at the Iran Freedom Congress event in London. Lemma Shehadi / The National
      Iranian opposition conference in London seeks unity from diversity

      Iran Freedom Congress hopes to organise more events in North America and Europe

      UKMarch 30, 2026
      A member of the Iranian-Kurdish armed group, the Kurdistan Free Life Party (PJAK), passes a poster of Turkish-Kurdish politician Abdullah Ocalan on the Iraqi border with Iran. AFP
      Rifts show before Iran opposition conference in London

      Armed Iranian-Kurdish group says it is no longer taking part in this weekend's congress

      UKMarch 27, 2026
      Syrian President Ahmad Al Shara. Getty
      Al Shara to visit UK as business opportunities open up in Syria

      British Syrians encouraged to invest and help rebuild their home country

      UKMarch 27, 2026
      Sudanese refugees receive food at an Emergency Response Room Communal Kitchen while being relocated to the Iridimi transit camp near the Sudan-Chad border in Tine. Getty Images
      Sudanese emergency responders receive Chatham House prize

      Volunteer Alaa Taris says she hopes the award will make the voices of women and children in Sudan heard

      UKMarch 26, 2026
      An anti-regime protest outside 10 Downing Street in London, in February. EPA
      Iranian investor brings together opposition groups at London summit

      Majid Zamani is key organiser of Iran Freedom Conference this weekend

      UKMarch 26, 2026
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      Heat-tracking satellite can see inside war-damaged oil plants

      HotSat-2's infrared thermal imagery can show human activity or radiation leaks

      UKMarch 24, 2026
      Atlas of an Entangled Gaze by artist Ramzi Mallat at Leighton House. Photo: Getty Images
      London's Arab Hall - a celebration of cosmopolitanism as Britain turns inward

      To keep alive the spirit of Lord Frederic Leighton, the museum that now bears his name has commissioned four artists to come up with installations for his Damascus-inspired masterpiece

      UKMarch 20, 2026
      Britain's Attorney General Richard Hermer. EPA
      UK law chief challenges 'appalling' criticism of Trafalgar Square Muslim prayers

      Richard Hermer asks whether Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch would oppose Jewish prayers in a public space

      UKMarch 20, 2026
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      UAE hails UN maritime agency condemnation of Iran's attacks on Gulf shipping

      Safe passage across Strait of Hormuz for evacuation of stranded seafarers accepted at emergency IMO session

      UKMarch 19, 2026
      Hundreds attend an 'open iftar' in London's Trafalgar Square on Monday. EPA
      Ramadan helps London social worker find unity as division grows in UK

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      UKMarch 18, 2026
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      Iran forces shutdown of satellite broadcasts from anti-regime TV station

      Iranian government successfully lobbies against opposition channel

      UKMarch 17, 2026
      AI singer Nava null is inspired in part by women from Iran’s Qajar dynasty. Photo: Farbod Mehr Studio
      Iranians embrace AI singer Nava's revolutionary anthem

      British-Iranian artist Farbod Mehr draws on 20th-century poem to create song viewed 13 million times

      UKMarch 16, 2026
      Some shops owned by Iranians in London have put up displays of support for Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of Iran's last shah. Getty
      Exiled medics stirred to help Iran's protesters

      Open letter calls on Iranians to maintain solidarity as war divides exiles

      UKMarch 14, 2026
      ICJ President Iwasawa Yuji, centre, and other judges arrive for hearings in the case filed by South Africa against Israel. EPA
      Six countries intervene in ICJ genocide case against Israel

      Netherlands says starvation of Palestinians highlights criminal intent as US rejects allegations of atrocities as recycled arguments

      UKMarch 13, 2026
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