Lizzie Porter — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Awarded Energy Journalist of the Year at the Gulf Intelligence Energy Awards in 2022.
Received Gold winner at the 30 To Watch Young Journalist Awards in 2020.
Serves as a Middle East correspondent for The National, based in Istanbul.
Covers politics, conflict, diplomacy, and energy across Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Lebanon.
Reported from Baghdad, Iraq (2020-2023), focusing on energy, politics, and climate change.
Covered major anti-government protests, economic collapse, and the 2020 Beirut port explosion from Lebanon (2016-2020).
Proficient in French, Levantine Arabic, and Modern Standard Arabic, with intermediate Farsi and learning Turkish.

Biography

Lizzie Porter is an award-winning Middle East correspondent for The National, currently based in Istanbul. She covers politics, conflict, diplomacy, and energy across Turkey and the broader Middle East, with significant experience reporting from challenging environments. Her work includes interviewing cabinet ministers and delivering on-the-ground dispatches from remote rural locations across Syria, Iraq, Turkey, and Lebanon.