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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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Ras Lanuf oil and gas company in Libya. Reuters
Libya sets sights on higher gas output in energy policy shift

North African country aims to increase natural gas output to 4 billion cubic feet a day in the next three to five years as it tries to increase exports

EnergyNovember 22, 2024
Lizzie Porter
Reem Al Sayyed looks at pictures of her son Rayyan after the 15-year-old was shot dead by an Israeli soldier in Jenin. Lizzie Porter / The National
Special Report'We are all targeted': Jenin reels from Israeli military operations

The killing of children and Israel's largest military operation in two decades have scarred the occupied West Bank city

MENANovember 21, 2024
Lizzie Porter
A Gazan man shows his belongings in the central West Bank on November 3, 2024. He is among thousands of Gazan workers trapped in the occupied territory after Israel cancelled his work permit following Hamas' October 7 2023 attacks
Special ReportGazan workers trapped in the occupied West Bank fear arrest

Thousands are suffering poverty and living in constant fear of detention

MENANovember 14, 2024
Lizzie Porter
Israel's military saw an increase in reservists turning up for duty during the days after the October 7 attacks. EPA
Sharp drop in service rate of Israeli reservists amid war fatigue

Reports suggest that fewer in reserve are willing to maintain the sacrifices necessary to serve 13 months into the war in Gaza

MENANovember 14, 2024
Thomas Helm
From left; Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara. EPA
Qatar and Turkey strike investment and trade agreements as leaders meet in Ankara

Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim met Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in official visit

MENANovember 14, 2024
Lizzie Porter
Protesters hold portraits of Narin Guran in Istanbul, in September. AFP
Relatives of Turkish girl Narin Guran go on trial for murder

Family members including eight-year-old's mother are suspected of intentional killing

MENANovember 07, 2024
Lizzie Porter
Will the ensuing relationship between Donald Trump, US president-elect, left, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prove pivotal in ending Middle East violence? AFP
Can Donald Trump's influence over Netanyahu end war in the Middle East?

President-elect seen widely as having more sway than his US Democrat rivals over the Israeli leader

MENANovember 06, 2024
Lizzie Porter
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and sacked defence minister Yoav Gallant on October 28, 2023. AFP
Netanyahu fires Defence Minister Yoav Gallant from Israeli government

'Significant gaps' had emerged with Mr Gallant over war, Israeli Prime Minister says

MENANovember 05, 2024
Lizzie Porter
Israeli military spokesman David Baruch holds part of a projectile in Shtula, a community that has been affected by attacks launched from Lebanon towards Israel. Reuters
Special reportDisplaced Israeli civilians demand Lebanon buffer zone

Israelis forced from their homes in the north are demanding the creation of a neutral zone on the Lebanese side of the border

MENANovember 05, 2024
Lizzie Porter
Israeli navy personnel patrol the sea near the port in Haifa. AFP
Israeli naval forces seize ship captain in raid on Lebanon's coast

Prime Minister Najib Mikati complains to UN Security Council as Israel says it was behind the operation

MENANovember 02, 2024
Nada Maucourant Atallah
Eran Etzion speaks to a crowd during a protest march against the government in Haifa. Alamy
Israel is more isolated than ever, says Israeli ex-security official

Regional countries should make exit of Benjamin Netanyahu a condition of improving relations, Eran Etzion tells The National

MENANovember 02, 2024
Lizzie Porter
Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile system operates for interceptions as rockets are launched from Lebanon as seen from near Ein Ya'akov in northern Israel. Reuters
Continuing the war won't keep us safe, say Tel Aviv residents

Daily life carries on in the liberal coastal city but Israelis believe continuing the war will not keep them safe

MENAOctober 31, 2024
Lizzie Porter
Brett McGurk, left, has travelled to Israel to discuss a Gaza ceasefire, while Amos Hochstein will focus on a Lebanon ceasefire. AFP
US envoys in Egypt and Israel to drive Lebanon and Gaza ceasefires

US proposal suggests an initial 60-day cessation of hostilities and increasing the number of Lebanese forces

MENAOctober 31, 2024
Lizzie Porter
Michael Ofer-Ziv, 29, and Max Kresch, 28, are among a growing number of Israeli reservists and soldiers refusing to serve unless Benjamin Netanyahu's government makes a drastic change in the course of the war. Photos: Michael Ofer-Ziv handout / Yuval Green
‘The disregard of Palestinian lives was so strong’: the Israeli soldiers refusing to fight

The Israeli government's failure to free hostages and the killing of civilians in Gaza is leading to more Israeli soldiers questioning the war

MENAOctober 26, 2024
Lizzie Porter
Smoke rises from the headquarters of Turkey's aviation company Tusas near Kahramankazan, where four people were killed and 14 wounded in an attack blamed on the PKK on October 23, 2024. Reuters
Ankara attack by PKK comes in period of calm in Turkey

Shooting and bombing at defence company is a shift away from assaults against civilians or security forces

MENAOctober 23, 2024
Lizzie Porter
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