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Willy Lowry

Willy Lowry

Senior US Correspondent
Willy is an award-winning senior correspondent based in the US. He has produced a wide range of stories from across North America and the Middle East — from the fall of ISIS in Syria to a camel beauty pageant in the Liwa Desert. Before joining The National he was a freelancer in Tanzania, where he produced stories for AJ+, CNN, The New York Times, National Geographic and many others. Previously, he spent four years working as a video journalist for CBC News in Montreal. Willy speaks English, French and basic Swahili.
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Syria's President Ahmad Al Shara, right, has agreed a deal to integrate Mazloum Abdi's Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces with state institutions. Photo: Syrian presidency
Kurdish-led SDF to join Syria’s state institutions under new deal

Agreement includes ceasefire, citizenship rights and integration of civil and military bodies

MENAMarch 10, 2025
Taylor Heyman
Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said there was 'no justification or need whatsoever for these tariffs'. Reuters
Canada hits back after Trump-imposed tariffs come into effect

US stocks continue sell-off after fears of trade war worry investors

USMarch 04, 2025
Willy Lowry
Houthi soldiers stand guard during a protest in Sanaa in February. EPA
US redesignates Houthis as foreign terrorist organisation

Move comes as group claims to have shot down another multimillion-dollar Reaper drone

USMarch 04, 2025
Willy Lowry
Robert Ford, a former US ambassador to Syria, addresses a US House foreign affairs committee hearing in June 2015 on the use of chemical weapons by then-Syrian president Bashar Al Assad's regime. AFP
‘This is not going to end well’: Former US envoy to Syria warns of new government's friction with SDF

Syrian Democratic Forces remain in control of large areas in east of country

USFebruary 28, 2025
Willy Lowry
Iran's army Commander-in-Chief, Abdolrahim Mousavi, left, and Defence Minister Aziz Nasirzadeh, inspecting drones in Tehran on January 13. EPA
US takes aim at Iran’s drone and missile programmes in latest round of sanctions

Donald Trump has called for a 'maximum economic pressure' campaign against Iran

USFebruary 26, 2025
Willy Lowry
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says Iran continues to rely on a shadowy network of vessels and brokers to carry out oil sales. Reuters
US imposes sanctions against 22 linked to Iranian oil

Washington also issued penalties on ships across several countries

USFebruary 24, 2025
Willy Lowry
President Donald Trump has upended longstanding US policy on Gaza and Ukraine. Getty Images / AFP
A month of foreign policy under Trump leaves as many questions as answers

President has upended decades of foreign policy norms in the Middle East in just 30 days

USFebruary 20, 2025
Willy Lowry
Joel Rayburn is known for his hawkish views towards Iran and was critical of how former president Joe Biden handled the Israel-Gaza War. Victor Besa / The National
Who's Joel Rayburn, Trump pick to head Middle East affairs at State Department?

Veteran diplomat has years of experience in the region and served for 26 years in the US Army

USFebruary 13, 2025
Willy Lowry
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is expected to push President Donald Trump's 'America first' agenda. Getty / AFP
Rubio set for Middle East trip as Trump pushes Gaza displacement plan

Secretary of State to visit Israel, Saudi Arabia and the UAE even as Washington is still assembling its Middle East team

USFebruary 13, 2025
Willy Lowry
Palestine's ambassador to the UN Riyad Mansour speaks to members of the Security Council in New York. EPA
Exclusive‘Trump must listen to Palestinians if he wants peace in Middle East’

Ambassador Riyad Mansour tells The National the US President's plans are 'not conducive for peace' but he holds out hope

USFebruary 12, 2025
Willy Lowry
US President Donald Trump arrives for the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025. A meeting with Republican members of Congress was added to President Donald Trump's schedule today as Senate Republicans prepare to jump ahead of the House and make the first step toward the budget reconciliation process. Photographer: Aaron Schwartz / Sipa / Bloomberg
Trump issues sanctions against International Criminal Court

Palestinian ambassador to the UN tells The National that the US is guilty of double standards

USFebruary 06, 2025
Willy Lowry
US President Donald Trump, left, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House. Bloomberg
Trump’s Gaza plan ‘profoundly illegal’, experts say

US President says he is willing to send American troops into Palestinian enclave

USFebruary 05, 2025
Willy Lowry
US President Donald Trump signs an executive order in the Oval Office on Tuesday. EPA / Bloomberg
Trump reverts to ‘maximum pressure’ on Iran and warns of 'obliteration' if he is assassinated

US President signs a memorandum aimed at Iranian oil production, but Tehran’s Foreign Minister says policy will fail

USFebruary 04, 2025
Willy Lowry
The US ship Liberty Grace, hired by the World Food Programme, docked at Port Sudan in 2015 to deliver 47,500 tonnes of sorghum from USAid for people in Sudan's conflict-affected areas. AFP
How Donald Trump’s USAID purge could affect the Middle East

Opposition politicians say Elon Musk-led crackdown on agency poses threat to American democracy, but effects extend far beyond US borders

USFebruary 03, 2025
Ellie Sennett
USAID spends billions of dollars in assistance in the Middle East, North Africa and Asia. Reuters
Musk says time for USAID ‘to die’ as agency work halted

New Secretary of State Marco Rubio says he is acting head of US Agency for International Development

USFebruary 03, 2025
Alex Nicoll
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