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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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Damage to a building in Tel Aviv, Israel, by Iranian weapons. Getty Images
Iran and Israel launch tit-for-tat strikes as regional tension grows

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says Israeli attacks were a 'mistake'

USJune 13, 2025
The Abu Dhabi Plaza complex is perhaps the most obvious example of UAE-Kazakhstan relations, but the Gulf and the Central Asian nation have increasing ties in transport, energy and trade, too. Photo: Lizzie Porter / The National
Bridging the Gulf: Why Kazakhstan’s relations with the Middle East matter

Thousands of kilometres apart, what ties the region to the Central Asian nation?

MENAJune 13, 2025
People and first responders gather at the site of an Israeli strike in Tehran on Friday, after Israel bombed targets across the country. Tasnim News / AFP
Israeli attack on Iran 'intent on derailing nuclear talks'

Strikes launched just before new round of negotiations with US to reach nuclear deal

MENAJune 13, 2025
Roman Vassilenko, deputy foreign minister of Kazakhstan, says Gulf nations are seen in Astana as a large source of potential investment. Lizzie Porter / The National
Kazakhstan looks to Gulf investment as it develops the next Silk Road

Astana's relationships are developing beyond traditional giants China and Russia, deputy foreign minister says

MENAJune 01, 2025
Amy Pope, director general of the International Organisation for Migration, talks to the media at the UN's European headquarters in Geneva after assuming the post in October 2023. EPA
UN migration chief calls for access to help Gazans

Tents and hygiene and cooking kits stuck in Jordan warehouses, IOM head tells The National

MENAMay 30, 2025
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. AFP
Abbas Araghchi: Firefighter diplomat navigating Iran's political grey zone

Tehran's Foreign Minister showed ability to balance powers within the country and abroad

MENAMay 27, 2025
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian attends the Tehran Dialogue Forum on 18 May 2025. Iranian Presidential Office / EPA
View from TehranNuclear talks and policy shifts as Iran copes with changing region

Building ties with neighbours became priority when negotiators started pursuing lifting of sanctions

MENAMay 23, 2025
Lorries carry displaced families back to their village after more than five years in the Atmeh camps near the Syrian-Turkish border, in Kafr Sijna, south of the Syrian city of Idlib. AP
Iran talking 'indirectly' to new Syrian regime

Tehran says Qatar and Turkey are acting as mediators with government that toppled its ally Al Assad

MENAMay 21, 2025
The Iranian leadership wants to continue enriching uranium under any nuclear deal with the US. EPA
In Iran, officials tell of 'serious problems' over US nuclear talks

Tehran yet to accept invitation for fifth round of talks this week

MENAMay 19, 2025
Five aid lorries for Gaza 'a drop in the ocean', says UN
Five aid lorries for Gaza 'a drop in the ocean', says UN

Only 5% of supplies required for Palestinians have been allowed into the enclave

MENAMay 19, 2025
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian told the Tehran Dialogue Forum that the US is giving 'conflicting messages' to the region. EPA
US 'sowing division in Middle East', Iran's Pezeshkian says after Trump tour

Iranian leader tells Tehran forum that Washington 'tries to pit us against each other' with weapons sales

MENAMay 19, 2025
Russian and Ukrainian officials were back in Istanbul on Friday – the scene of their failed peace talks in 2022. AP
Ukraine and Russia agree prisoner swap in first peace talks for three years

Istanbul discussions aim to create path to ceasefire but Putin and Zelenskyy absent

MENAMay 16, 2025
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks at the Ukrainian embassy in Ankara. AP
Ukraine accuses Russia of 'disrespect' as peace talks stall

Volodymyr Zelenskyy sends negotiators to Istanbul – but Putin fails to appear

MENAMay 15, 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives for a meeting at the Kremlin on Wednesday night to discuss the coming Russian-Ukrainian talks in Istanbul. EPA
No Putin in Russian delegation for Ukraine peace talks in Turkey

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he was ready to meet his Russian counterpart directly

EuropeMay 15, 2025
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv on Tuesday. AP
Trump says he may join Russia-Ukraine peace talks in Istanbul

No confirmation of whether Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy will attend

MENAMay 14, 2025
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