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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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Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Recep Tayyip Erdogan during their joint press conference in Ankara. Reuters
Zelenskyy calls off expected visit to Saudi Arabia

Peace talks must not happen ‘behind the scenes’, Ukraine's President says after US-Russia meeting in Riyadh

MENAFebruary 18, 2025
Damascus International Airport, on the outskirts of Syria's capital, suffered extensive damage during the country's civil war. AFP
Turkey sends team to Syria to help rebuild Damascus airport

Technicians are installing security equipment and training staff to bolster safety, Turkish minister says

MENAFebruary 17, 2025
The National met relatives of people killed in Sanamayn, southern Syria, where violence has been on the rise since the fall of the Assad regime. Matt Kynaston / The National
ISIS cells and killings pose challenge for southern Syria

Residents want greater protection from the new authorities as security remains fragile

MENAFebruary 12, 2025
Members of Syria's new government-led security forces stand guard at a checkpoint near the border with Lebanon, in the Syrian town of Serghaya. AP
Why clashes have erupted at the Lebanon-Syria border

Deadly violence has broken out along the frontier as Syria intensifies its crackdown on smuggling routes linked to Hezbollah

MENAFebruary 10, 2025
Children attend a workshop to raise awareness of their rights regarding their bodies, safety and health in Kirikhan, in Turkey's south-eastern region which was hit by earthquakes two years ago. Unicef
Children remain at risk in Turkey’s earthquake zone

Many people are living in temporary accommodation across the 120,000 square kilometre area where the quake struck

MENAFebruary 06, 2025
Palestinians walk through the rubble of buildings destroyed during the Israeli offensive, in Jabalia refugee camp, northern Gaza. Reuters
Rubble removal in Gaza ‘politicised’ by US as pretext for resettling Palestinians, expert says

Backlash after Donald Trump’s claims US will take over the enclave and relocate its population

MENAFebruary 05, 2025
HTS fighters patrol Homs. Security forces are carrying out sweeps to arrest remnants of the Assad regime in the area. Getty Images
Killings in rural Homs mar security efforts in post-Assad Syria

New forces are tracking down caches of weapons in former regime heartland, but violence highlights a lack of command and control

MENAFebruary 05, 2025
Christians are concerned they will face religious persecution under the new government led by Ahmad Al Shara. Matt Kynaston for The National
Syria’s Christian nuns forgive kidnappers, but pray for better from Al Shara

Some believe new leader will deliver on promises of equality, but concerns remain

MENAFebruary 02, 2025
Children wave goodbye to their neighbours as a lorry prepares to leave Rukban camp in eastern Syria. Matt Kynaston for The National.
Syrians trickle out of Rukban desert camp with memories to forget

Hundreds of people remain there after nearly a decade of hardship, trapped by lack of money for transport or somewhere else to live

MENAJanuary 30, 2025
Mohammed Fares is a Palmyra resident who has been trying to keep track of looting across the Unesco World Heritage site. Matt Kynaston / The National
Syrians return to Palmyra amid hopes ancient city can attract tourists once again

ISIS blew up parts of the historic site when they took over the area in 2015

MENAJanuary 28, 2025
East Jerusalem settlement expansion shorthand gif demolitions
Special reportHow Israel is accelerating illegal settlements in Jerusalem during Gaza war

Dozens of homes are under threat of demolition as Israeli settlers seek to take over Palestinian neighbourhoods

MENAJanuary 24, 2025
Syrian Free Army commander Col Salem Turki Al Antri
InterviewEnd to US support in Syria ‘would be nightmare’ in ISIS fight

Syrian Free Army leader tells The National American technological superiority is key to tackling the extremist group

MENAJanuary 23, 2025
Mutarad Al Hilal Al Kouma next to the grave of his uncle, Abdo Ali, who was killed by an Israeli air strike. Matt Kynaston / The National
'We want them to leave our country': Syrians fear Israeli land grab in military advance

As Gaza ceasefire begins, Israeli build-up in Quneitra causes fears of permanent presence, residents say

MENAJanuary 20, 2025
Earlier this year, the US, by far the biggest contributor to UNRWA, announced it was halting its funding to the organisation, which it labelled 'irredeemably flawed'. AFP
Israel to move Palestinian pupils to Israeli-approved curriculum

The move is part of a wider effort to replace learning programme in Jerusalem

MENAJanuary 13, 2025
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said his country's presence in Syria 'will have to evolve'. AFP
Turkey reviewing its Syria presence, foreign minister says

Turkish troop and civilian presence in northern Syria may change following fall of Assad regime

MENAJanuary 10, 2025
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