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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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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
Lizzie Porter
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
Lizzie Porter
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
Lizzie Porter
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
Lizzie Porter
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
Lizzie Porter
Syria’s President Ahmad Al Shara meeting his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron in Paris this month. The idea of talks between Mr Al Shara and US President Donald Trump in Saudi Arabia is said to be ‘on the table’. EPA
Trump lifts Syria's sanctions ahead of meeting with Al Shara

Apart from providing limited sanctions relief, Washington has maintained most economic restrictions on the country

MENAMay 13, 2025
Lizzie Porter
Recep Tayyip Erdogan with Vladimir Putin following a meeting in September 2023 in Sochi, Russia. AFP
Turkey ready to host Ukraine peace talks, Erdogan tells Putin

Face-to-face meeting between Ukrainian and Russian leaders could take place in Istanbul this week

MENAMay 12, 2025
Lizzie Porter
A flag bearing the image of jailed Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan on show during celebrations for the spring festival of Newroz in Istanbul, Turkey, in March 2025. Reuters
PKK to disband as part of peace process with Turkey

Armed group makes announcement after holding long-awaited congress

MENAMay 12, 2025
Aveen Karim
US President Donald Trump, left, welcomes Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to the White House in 2017. Reuters
Trump and Erdogan find commonality in assertive leadership styles

Why US and Turkish leaders appear to get on so well

MENAMay 12, 2025
Lizzie Porter
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, held talks with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al Sudani in Ankara on Thursday. EPA
Turkey and Iraq call for progress on lucrative 'development road'

Ten new agreements signed as Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al Sudani visits Ankara

MENAMay 09, 2025
Lizzie Porter
A crater is left after Lebanese Army soldiers blew up a device in the car park of the American University of Beirut Medical Centre in Beirut on September 18, 2024. The day before, pagers rigged with explosives were detonated, killing 12 people, including members of Lebanon's Hezbollah, injuring more than 2,800 others. EPA
Turkey intercepted second batch of pagers rigged with explosives

Authorities says they found batch of devices on their way from Istanbul to Lebanon

MENAMay 07, 2025
Lizzie Porter
Displaced Palestinians inspect damage to the Yaffa School following an Israeli air strike east of Gaza city on April 23. EPA
'Trump effect' is catastrophe for billions, Amnesty International says

Rights group warns of global crisis that will worsen in 2025 as authoritarianism soars

MENAApril 28, 2025
Lizzie Porter
Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has told President Donald Trump the kingdom plans a $600 billion boost in trade and investment with the US. AFP
All eyes on trade and peace prospects when Trump visits Gulf

Middle East has changed since Trump's first presidential visit in 2017 – but he still wants the Gulf onside

MENAApril 24, 2025
Lizzie Porter
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Turkey earthquake: Magnitude-6.2 tremor felt in Istanbul

Residents flood into streets as buildings shake

MENAApril 23, 2025
Lizzie Porter
Dem Party politicians read a message from PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan in February, in which he called on the Kurdish group he founded to disarm and dissolve
Impossible to know when PKK will disarm, Kurdish politician says

Meeting with Turkey's Justice Minister planned as moves towards dissolution of Kurdish insurgent group continue

MENAApril 22, 2025
Lizzie Porter
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