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Lemma Shehadi

Lemma Shehadi

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Lemma Shehadi covers stories of Middle East interest in the UK. She has reported from the Middle East, Europe and South Asia. She won The Independent’s Rupert Cornwell Prize for foreign journalism to write a series on the Yazidis of Iraq and the Caucasus in 2019. She was a One World Media Fellow 2022, looking at the impact of wildfires and reforestation in the marginalized north of Lebanon.
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Maya Ghazal left Damascus in 2014 at the age of 16 and settled in the UK. She attained a pilot's licence in 2020. Photo: UNHCR
Syria asks exiled pilot to make symbolic return to Damascus

Captain Maya Ghazal came to the UK as a refugee in her teens and fulfilled her dream of becoming a pilot

UKApril 02, 2026
Protests against the far-right took place in London at the weekend. EPA
MPs call for more targeted UK extremism prevention

Young people are being radicalised online with spreading threat of 'hybridised' ideology

UKApril 01, 2026
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer with Syrian President Ahmad Al Shara at No 10 Downing Street in London. EPA
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Al Shara joins Starmer in warning of severe impact of Hormuz closure

Syrian President on visit to London for high-level meetings

UKMarch 31, 2026
Syrian President Ahmad Al Shara is received in Berlin by German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier. AFP
Al Shara discusses next move for Germany's Syrian refugees on visit to Berlin

Syrian President holds talks on migration initiatives with Chancellor and President

EuropeMarch 30, 2026
The pre-revolutionary flag, left, and the tricolor decorate the stage at the Iran Freedom Congress event in London. Lemma Shehadi / The National
Iranian opposition conference in London seeks unity from diversity

Iran Freedom Congress hopes to organise more events in North America and Europe

UKMarch 30, 2026
A member of the Iranian-Kurdish armed group, the Kurdistan Free Life Party (PJAK), passes a poster of Turkish-Kurdish politician Abdullah Ocalan on the Iraqi border with Iran. AFP
Rifts show before Iran opposition conference in London

Armed Iranian-Kurdish group says it is no longer taking part in this weekend's congress

UKMarch 27, 2026
Syrian President Ahmad Al Shara. Getty
Al Shara to visit UK as business opportunities open up in Syria

British Syrians encouraged to invest and help rebuild their home country

UKMarch 27, 2026
Sudanese refugees receive food at an Emergency Response Room Communal Kitchen while being relocated to the Iridimi transit camp near the Sudan-Chad border in Tine. Getty Images
Sudanese emergency responders receive Chatham House prize

Volunteer Alaa Taris says she hopes the award will make the voices of women and children in Sudan heard

UKMarch 26, 2026
An anti-regime protest outside 10 Downing Street in London, in February. EPA
Iranian investor brings together opposition groups at London summit

Majid Zamani is key organiser of Iran Freedom Conference this weekend

UKMarch 26, 2026
Left, a Landsat 2026 image of Ras Laffan Refinery in Qatar. Right, A zoomed SatVu 2023 image of the refinery. Photo: Handout
Heat-tracking satellite can see inside war-damaged oil plants

HotSat-2's infrared thermal imagery can show human activity or radiation leaks

UKMarch 24, 2026
Atlas of an Entangled Gaze by artist Ramzi Mallat at Leighton House. Photo: Getty Images
London's Arab Hall - a celebration of cosmopolitanism as Britain turns inward

To keep alive the spirit of Lord Frederic Leighton, the museum that now bears his name has commissioned four artists to come up with installations for his Damascus-inspired masterpiece

UKMarch 20, 2026
Britain's Attorney General Richard Hermer. EPA
UK law chief challenges 'appalling' criticism of Trafalgar Square Muslim prayers

Richard Hermer asks whether Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch would oppose Jewish prayers in a public space

UKMarch 20, 2026
An oil tanker in Port Sultan Qaboos, Muscat, is among the ships at anchor dotted around the Strait of Hormuz, as they wait for a break in hostilities. Reuters
UAE hails UN maritime agency condemnation of Iran's attacks on Gulf shipping

Safe passage across Strait of Hormuz for evacuation of stranded seafarers accepted at emergency IMO session

UKMarch 19, 2026
Hundreds attend an 'open iftar' in London's Trafalgar Square on Monday. EPA
Ramadan helps London social worker find unity as division grows in UK

Suraya Miah faced online backlash after joining Prime Minister Keir Starmer at Downing Street iftar last year

UKMarch 18, 2026
The TurkmenAlem 52°E / MonacoSAT satellite was launched with a SpaceX rocket in 2015. AFP
Iran forces shutdown of satellite broadcasts from anti-regime TV station

Iranian government successfully lobbies against opposition channel

UKMarch 17, 2026
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