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Lizzie Porter

Lizzie Porter

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Istanbul
Lizzie Porter is The National's Istanbul correspondent. She has been a foreign correspondent for nearly a decade, and was previously based in Beirut and Baghdad. She covers diplomacy, politics, conflicts and crises in Turkey and across the Middle East, and has won multiple awards for her reporting on topics ranging from missing persons in Iraq to the region's climate crises. A native English speaker, she also speaks fluent French, Arabic and Farsi. Her Turkish is improving.
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Syria's internal security forces and military have stepped up anti-smuggling efforts but illegal traders continue to try to find ways to operate. Lizzie Porter / The National
Dispatch‘Huge returns’ draw smugglers to rugged Syria-Lebanon border

Forces in former Hezbollah stronghold put up tough front but admit criminals still active

MENADecember 25, 2025
Narin Guran was eight years old when she was murdered in her home village of Tavsantepe in south-eastern Turkey's Diyarbakir province last year. Lizzie Porter/ The National
Special investigationA village traumatised, a nation stunned: Who killed Narin?

The National examines murder of eight-year-old girl, one of Turkey’s most high-profile child killings

MENADecember 24, 2025
Syrian security forces escort a convoy of SDF fighters leaving the city of Aleppo, as part of an agreement with the Syrian government. EPA
DispatchIn Kurdish-held areas of Aleppo, Syria’s fractures come into focus

Sporadic clashes between government forces and Kurdish fighters compound daily hardship for residents

MENADecember 23, 2025
A member of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) flashes the victory sign while departing the city of Aleppo. EPA
Special reportBeyond the front line dividing northern Syria as Kurdish integration stalls

The National tours the country's longest remaining front line, speaking to anxious residents yearning for peace

MENADecember 22, 2025
Security personnel in Damascus arrested a suspected member of ISIS in a raid on what they called a 'hideout'. SANA
Syria seizes bombs and drones in new anti-ISIS raid in Damascus

Government seizes rocket launchers heading for Lebanon as it insists it can fight extremists

MENADecember 17, 2025
Images from the daily life of the remaining displaced Syrians in the Atmeh camps on December 12, 2025. Ahmad Fallaha for The National
DispatchThe 'forgotten' Syrians unable to return home inside their own country

The National visits the rubbish-strewn Al Karamat camp in Idlib that many residents cannot afford to leave

MENADecember 16, 2025
The US Army has a presence in Syria and stages joint operations with local security forces. AP
Two US soldiers and interpreter shot dead in ISIS ambush in Syria

President Donald Trump vows to retaliate after America's first combat deaths in the country since 2022

MENADecember 13, 2025
The citadel of Aleppo, Syria's second city, reopened to visitors in September. Moawia Atrash for The National
DispatchAleppo rises from ruins – but waits to feel richer for it

Historic citadel reopens as thousands return to Syria's second city, where people are yet to see a 'single cent' of higher salaries

MENADecember 12, 2025
The Syrian pound strengthened against the US dollar after the vote on a repeal of sanctions. EPA
Syrian pound strengthens after US vote to lift sanctions

Business leaders welcome 'positive news' after US House moves to scrap Caesar Act

MENADecember 11, 2025
Syrians unable to land in Aleppo are taken to hotels on airline buses. Lizzie Porter / The National
Syrians miss Assad downfall celebrations after fog disrupts flights to Aleppo

Heavy fog ruins plans of travellers from across Europe to join family and friends for anniversary

MENADecember 08, 2025
Pope Leo XIV visiting the Monastery of the Carmelite Sisters of the Theotokos, during his apostolic journey to Harissa in Lebanon. EPA
Pope Leo begins Lebanon trip with emphasis on peace

Lebanese leaders greet Pope Leo as he begins three-day tour in Beirut

MENANovember 30, 2025
Pope Leo XIV leads Mass at the Volkswagen Arena in Istanbul on Saturday. Getty Images
Humanity must ‘walk together’, Pope Leo says at Istanbul Mass

Thousands gather for service in which pontiff urged peaceful co-existence

MENANovember 29, 2025
Pope Leo XIV visits the Ottoman-era Sultan Ahmed or Blue Mosque, in Istanbul, Turkey. AP
Pope Leo pays first visit to Muslim place of worship at Istanbul’s Blue Mosque

Pontiff 'left with sense of peace', says muezzin

MENANovember 29, 2025
Pope Leo XIV arrives with Bartholomew I, the spiritual leader of Eastern Orthodox Christians, at Lake Iznik in Turkey. AP Photo
Pope Leo denounces use of religion to justify war in show of unity in Turkey

Catholic leader prays alongside Orthodox archbishop at location where early Christian milestones reached

MENANovember 28, 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
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