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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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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan in Riyadh on Wednesday. Reuters
Blinken lands in Riyadh in new push for Israel-Saudi normalisation

US Secretary of State visited Riyadh on Wednesday after trip to Israel and said two countries have an 'incredible opportunity'

MENAOctober 23, 2024
Anjana Sankar
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will stress the importance of getting aid into Gaza, the State Department said. AP
Blinken heads back to Middle East in latest ceasefire push

US Secretary of State will be in the region for a week-long trip

USOctober 21, 2024
Willy Lowry
Smoke billows over Beirut's southern suburbs after an Israeli strike on Tuesday. Reuters
US supports Israel's invasion of Lebanon to attack Hezbollah

Israel has destroyed much of Hezbollah’s leadership in a matter of weeks

USOctober 08, 2024
Willy Lowry
US President Joe Biden, right, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on July 25, 2024. AFP
America’s year of failed diplomacy on Gaza

Washington has refused to rein Israel in as threat of regional war remains

USOctober 07, 2024
Willy Lowry
Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah delivering a speech in 2008. AFP
CommentHaving attended a Nasrallah rally, I could see why he was a historical figure

Love him or hate him – and many Lebanese did both – the late Hezbollah leader mattered

CommentOctober 06, 2024
Willy Lowry
Former US envoy for the Middle East, Dennis Ross, believes the death of Hassan Nasrallah could open a pathway for peace. Joshua Longmore / The National
ExclusiveFormer US Middle East envoy sees hope for peace as Hezbollah reels

Dennis Ross says death of Hezbollah leader opportunity for peace

USOctober 04, 2024
Willy Lowry
A plane takes off from Rafic Al Hariri International Airport as smoke rises over Beirut's southern suburbs after a strike. Reuters
US organises flight out of Lebanon for American citizens

More than 100 leave Beirut for Istanbul with their families

USOctober 02, 2024
Willy Lowry
Thomas West attends a meeting on Afghanistan, in Islamabad in 2021. AFP / Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs
US special representative for Afghanistan to step down

Thomas West served in the role from October 2021 as the Taliban resumed their rule

USOctober 01, 2024
Willy Lowry
Pentagon Press Secretary Maj Gen Pat Ryder holds a press briefing at the Pentagon, providing an update on the Iranian missile attack on Israel, saying that Israel intercepted most of the missiles. AFP
US military helped Israel to intercept Iranian missiles

American military co-ordinated closely with Israeli forces to help defend against attack, White House says

USOctober 01, 2024
Willy Lowry
An Israeli tank in northern Israel near the Israel-Lebanon border on Monday. AP
Israel launches ground invasion against Hezbollah in Lebanon

Israeli military says it is operating according to a 'methodical plan' for which soldiers had spent months training

NewsSeptember 30, 2024
Sara Ruthven
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, bottom row centre, with counterparts and other government officials during the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS ministerial meeting at the State Department in Washington on Monday. AFP
US pledges more than $300m for continuing fight against ISIS

Money to go towards counter-terrorism operations in sub-Saharan Africa and stabilisation efforts in Iraq and Syria

USSeptember 30, 2024
Willy Lowry
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approves air strikes on Beirut over the phone from New York. Reuters
Netanyahu snubs Biden and targets Hezbollah from US soil

Strike that killed Hassan Nasrallah came as Washington rallied support for ceasefire proposal

USSeptember 29, 2024
Willy Lowry
Firefighters attempt to extinguish a fire at a power plant following Israeli air strikes on Hodeidah city, Yemen on Sunday. Israeli air strikes hit oil tanks, a power plant and two ports in the western Yemeni city of Hodeidah. EPA
Israeli strike in Yemen a warning for the Iran-backed Houthi rebels to 'stay out of it'

Israel hits Red Sea port city a day after Iran-backed militia fired a missile at Israel

NewsSeptember 29, 2024
Willy Lowry
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses world leaders during the United Nations General Assembly. Getty Images / AFP
'We are winning,' defiant Netanyahu tells UNGA

Israeli Prime Minister made no mention of possible ceasefire in Lebanon during his speech

USSeptember 27, 2024
Willy Lowry
Aidarous Al Zubaidi, Vice President of Yemen's Presidential Leadership Council. Enas Refaei / The National
InterviewDeterrence not working against Houthis, Yemen's Vice President says

Aidarous Al Zubaidi says existing road map for peace with rebel group no longer viable

USSeptember 25, 2024
Willy Lowry
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