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      Lemma Shehadi

      Lemma Shehadi

      Senior Correspondent
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      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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      Anti-war activists hold signs and images of Iran's late supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at a protest outside the US embassy in London. Reuters
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      Syed Usman Shah was abused online after featuring in 'Welcome to Heathrow' campaign

      UKMarch 11, 2026
      Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe signed a letter with other Iranians in the UK criticising the Iran war. Getty Images
      Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe among Iranians in UK warning war could bolster regime

      More than 100 people including former detainee sign letter urging PM Keir Starmer not to join US-led strikes

      UKMarch 11, 2026
      Counter Terrorism Policing London chief Helen Flanagan has said the investigation was 'incredibly complex and challenging'. PA
      UK to launch its first war crimes trial against member of Assad regime

      Former Syrian Air Force Intelligence operative faces charges of crimes against humanity

      UKMarch 09, 2026
      A demonstration in the UK commemorating the Nakba – the expulsion of Palestinians from their homes after the formation of Israel. Getty
      UK MPs ask government to apologise for Balfour Declaration

      Campaign for Palestine reparations boosted by public letter signed by cross-party grouping

      UKMarch 09, 2026
      Displaced residents who fled Israeli air strikes in Beirut's southern suburbs along the corniche in the Lebanese capital. EPA
      UN says more than 300,000 displaced in Iran and Lebanon

      World body's refugee agency warns of large-scale forcible movement of people in past week

      MENAMarch 06, 2026
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      As isolationism grows around world, students in UAE learn to be global citizens

      NYU Abu Dhabi campus is melting pot of cultures, promoting understanding and political empowerment

      UAEMarch 06, 2026
      UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer held a press conference in Downing Street to address the developing situation in the Middle East. PA
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      Four extra British Typhoon fighter jets being deployed to Qatar

      UKMarch 05, 2026
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      UN warns 20,000 sailors and thousands of cruise passengers stuck in Arabian Gulf

      Head of IMO agency fears there is no unilateral solution to Strait of Hormuz closure

      MENAMarch 05, 2026
      Anti-regime demonstrators and supporters of Reza Pahlavi, son of the deposed shah, outside the Iranian embassy in London. EPA
      European governments urged to support Iranian opposition ambitions

      Exiles in London will take part in conference aimed at post-regime unity

      UKMarch 04, 2026
      Jeff and Rebecca Moses from Manchester arrive at Heathrow Airport on a flight from Abu Dhabi, where they were staying at the Fairmont Bab Al Bahr hotel. PA
      UK to charter flight from Muscat to secure return of stranded Gulf holidaymakers

      110,000 of the 132,000 British nationals who have registered with the Foreign Office are in the UAE

      UKMarch 03, 2026
      Terminal 3 of the Dubai International Airport as the UAE's airspace remains closed. Reuters
      How to access UK's 'free' Gulf evacuation plans

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      UKMarch 02, 2026
      Jack Letts is believed to be held in Iraq.
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      UKFebruary 27, 2026
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      Juliet Stevenson launches Gaza health workers appeal

      Award-winning British actress tells moving story of Ahmed, a health worker in Gaza who sleeps in the street but saves lives every day

      MENAFebruary 26, 2026
      Protesters march from Whitehall to the Iranian embassy in London, calling for a regime change in Iran. PA
      ExclusiveOpposition figures meet in London to form 'Iran Freedom Congress'

      Separately, CIA tries to lure Iranian officials as Tehran regime's ability to survive comes into focus

      USFebruary 24, 2026
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