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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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A residential site in Beersheva, Israel, after an Iranian missile attack on June 24, 2025. Reuters
Iran will use all means possible if threatened, senior official says

No current plans to leave non-proliferation treaty, Iran's deputy foreign minister says

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Nurlan Yermekbayev, Secretary General of the Shanghai Co-operation Organisation, at the Boao Forum for Asia, held in China. Reuters
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BusinessJuly 07, 2025
Disarming the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) could begin in days, Turkey confirms. EPA
PKK disarmament could begin in days, Turkey confirms

Move comes as part of dissolution of Kurdish militant group

MENAJuly 02, 2025
A Gulf-US Summit was held in Riyadh on May 14. Getty Images
Gulf states grow wary after Iran's strike in Qatar tests regional detente

While Tehran described the strike as an act of 'self defence', the barrage pierced a long-standing regional red line

GulfJuly 02, 2025
Turkish police secure the street in front of the headquarters of LeMan magazine in Istanbul. EPA
Turkey's Erdogan denounces alleged cartoon of Prophet Mohammed as 'vile crime'

Four staff of satirical magazine that published drawing arrested amid calls for its closure

MENAJuly 01, 2025
Remnants of an Iranian missile intercepted over Qatar, as it lies on a pavement near a fence on June 23. AFP
Qatar tells of huge cost of Iranian missile attack

IRGC assault on Al Udeid airbase was 'harmful' but Doha chose de-escalation

MENAJune 30, 2025
JOINT BASE ANDREWS, MARYLAND - JUNE 24: U.S. President Donald Trump returns from the 2025 NATO Summit on June 24, 2025 at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. This year's NATO summit, which brings together heads of state and government from across the military alliance, was held in the Netherlands for the first time. Among other matters, members are to approve a new defense investment plan that raises the target for defense spending to 5% of GDP. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Andrew Harnik / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
Trump announces new talks with Iran as hopes rise for Gaza truce

President says US strikes ended war in Iran as ceasefire talks resume in enclave

MENAJune 25, 2025
Iranians were inspecting damage to buildings in Tehran on Wednesday after a 12-day air war with Israel. EPA
How Iran views a return to nuclear talks

Tehran wants incentives that could face opposition in Washington

MENAJune 25, 2025
Iranians rally in Tehran on June 24, after the ceasefire was announced. EPA
Iranians voice relief and reservations after ceasefire with Israel declared

Some residents of Tehran celebrate truce as a victory and a chance to return to normal life, but others remain cautious

MENAJune 25, 2025
Thousands of Iranians have taken buses back across Turkey's land border with their home country as the Israel-Iran conflict has forced a closure of airspace. AFP
War forces Iranians to take buses home from Turkey

Thousands are returning, not despite the conflict, but because of it

MENAJune 20, 2025
Members of the Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party visit PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan, centre, in jail. DEM / EPA
Jailed PKK leader 'needs outside contact to dissolve group'

Ocalan wants meetings with Syrian and Iraqi leaders

MENAJune 18, 2025
Tehran has faced days of Israeli strikes extending from military sites to residential areas. AFP
Stay or go? Tehran stalked by doubt as war with Israel hits home

As civilian impact grows, so does tension between national pride and fears for the future

MENAJune 17, 2025
Portraits of killed Iranian commanders were held up by demonstrators in Tehran during a Shiite holiday. AP
How Israel's 'decapitation campaign' could bring in Iran hardliners

New Tehran commanders may be more willing to intensify conflict

MENAJune 16, 2025
Rescuers sift through the debris of a damaged building in Tel Aviv after a fresh barrage of Iranian rockets. AFP
Israel and Iran move to war footing as conflict enters fourth day

More attacks trigger frantic efforts by Middle East leaders to prevent whole region from being dragged into conflict

MENAJune 15, 2025
Iranians drive past an anti-Israel poster in Tehran's Enghlab Square on June 14, 2025. AFP
'We were negotiating': why Israel's attack caught Iran off guard

Tehran knew attack was possible, but was hoping diplomacy would prevail

MENAJune 14, 2025
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