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Lizzie Porter

Lizzie Porter

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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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An anti-US billboard in Tehran, the capital of Iran. There is a feeling among some Iranians that war is inevitable. EPA
'I wish I could have left the country': Iranians await war as latest round of US nuclear talks end

Divided over supporting US strikes, Iranians see conflict as unavoidable

MENAFebruary 27, 2026
Soheil Almasi, 17, was killed by government forces during protests in Marvdasht, southern Iran, his family said. People attended his memorial, known as a ‘chehelom’ last week. Photo: Supplied
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'Better to die as a lion': Family's tribute to son killed in Iran protests

Family of slain protester say citizens feel abandoned amid scepticism over nuclear talks

MENAFebruary 26, 2026
Young Iranians rallied at the Sharif University of Technology in Tehran, chanting 'freedom, freedom, freedom'. AFP
'We don't want this government': Iranian students launch new wave of protests

Students rally in major cities as protestors burn national flag

MENAFebruary 23, 2026
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi, left, received Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Cairo this month. EPA
Egypt and Turkey deepen newly forged alliance with arms deals and manufacturing ties

Egyptian military has bought Turkish air defences and plans joint production of drones

MENAFebruary 22, 2026
Mourners gather at a cemetery to honor protesters killed during anti-government demonstrations, in Tehran. Getty Images
'My heart aches': Iranians mourn in shadow of war

As world attention shifts from their protests to possible US strikes, Iranians mark 40 days since deadliest nights of unrest

MENAFebruary 20, 2026
PKK fighters at a disarmament ceremony in the Qandil mountains. The group announced an end to its armed struggle last year. Reuters
Former PKK militants should reintegrate into society, Turkish MPs say

Key report on PKK dissolution stops short of offering amnesty to former militants

MENAFebruary 18, 2026
Lebanese lorry drivers block the road on Lebanon's side of the Masnaa-Jdaidt Artouz border crossing on February 10 in protest against Syria's decision to ban the entry of non-Syrian cargo vehicles. AFP
Syria's protectionist move to support local lorry drivers raises cost of business for neighbours

Ban on entry of vehicles carrying goods is delaying deliveries and pushing up shipping rates

MENAFebruary 18, 2026
An image from the IRGC's website shows a military drill in the Arabian Gulf on Monday. EPA
Strait of Hormuz closes 'for few hours' due to Iranian live fire drills

Tehran flexes muscles in one of world's busiest oil and shipping channels as talks with US begin in Geneva

MENAFebruary 17, 2026
The Cagri Bey set off from Mersin on Turkey’s Mediterranean coast for a 45-day journey to Somalia. Photo: Alparslan Bayraktar
Turkey sends offshore drilling ship to Somalia in first overseas mission

Energy exploration part of Ankara's growing influence in East Africa

MENAFebruary 16, 2026
ZANGILAN, AZERBAIJAN - OCTOBER 09: An aerial view of construction of roads and railways continuing that they will pass through the Zangezur Corridor, which will connect the western provinces with Nakhchivan and will also be one of the routes of the Central Corridor extending from China to Central Asia, the Caspian Sea, the Caucasus and Turkiye, on October 09, 2023 in Zangilan, Azerbaijan. Resul Rehimov / Anadolu (Photo by Resul Rehimov / Anadolu via AFP)
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The Azerbaijani exclave expecting a bonanza from Trump's 'peace route'

The deal that ended three decades of conflict in the Caucasus promises good times for the mineral-rich exclave of Nakhchivan - previously cut off from the world but soon to benefit from an ambitious project bearing the US President's name

MENAFebruary 13, 2026
A US Air Force fighter jet flies over Al Tanf in Syria. Photo: US Central Command
US troops withdraw from Al Tanf base in Syria

Syrian army soldiers immediately replace American forces at military site on border with Jordan and Iraq

MENAFebruary 12, 2026
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is expected to lead Tehran's team in the nuclear talks with the US. Getty Images
US open to talks with Iran but only if they are 'meaningful', Marco Rubio says

US Secretary of State says logistics are still being worked out after venue shift from Turkey

NewsFebruary 04, 2026
An Iranian woman reacts as she tries to connect to the internet to check on her visa status for her migration process, after a nationwide internet shutdown. Reuters
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'We want to scream': Iranians grapple with grief after crackdown on protests

US-Iran talks set for this week fail to calm fears of new war 

MENAFebruary 04, 2026
Moderated by Aveen Karim, The National's journalists discuss the US-Iran stand-off in a live Q&A
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Q&A replay: US and Iran stand-off

A US military 'armada' has sailed to the region as Iran's supreme leader warns of a wider war, but can talks ease tensions?

MENAFebruary 03, 2026
US President Donald Trump warns Iran before expected American-Iranian talks this week. EPA
Trump says US-Iran talks to go ahead this week

Regional mediators have been invited to observe meeting

MENAFebruary 03, 2026
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