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Andrew England

Middle East Editor

Andrew England is the Middle East editor. He was previously MIddle East and Africa news editor. Prior to that, he spent 17 years based in the Middle East and Africa as a foreign correspondent. His posts included Southern Africa bureau chief, Abu Dhabi bureau chief and Middle East and North Africa correspondent.

He joined the Financial Times in 2004 as East Africa correspondent. Before joining the FT, he was East Africa correspondent for the Associated Press.

Email Andrew England @cornishft  on Twitter (link opens in a new browser window)
  • Sunday, 4 August, 2024
    Middle East conflict
    Western governments step up calls for citizens to leave Lebanon

    Fears grow of all-out war in region after assassinations linked to Israel

    Smoke rises after a strike in Lebanon near the border with Israel
  • Friday, 2 August, 2024
    News in-depthMiddle East conflict
    How all-out war between Israel and its adversaries might play out

    Country’s military capabilities have evolved since it last fought Hizbollah but so have those of the Iran-backed ‘axis of resistance’

  • Friday, 2 August, 2024
    News in-depthIsrael-Hamas war
    Have Israeli assassinations diminished Hamas?

    Country’s intelligence services have for decades tracked down and killed Palestinian militant group’s senior leadership

    A montage with from left, Ahmed Yassin, Yahya Sinwar and Ismail Haniyeh with the rubble of a building that has been bombed in the background
  • Thursday, 1 August, 2024
    Israel-Hamas war
    Israel says it killed Hamas military commander Mohammed Deif

    IDF strikes last month targeted militant who masterminded October 7 attack

    Palestinians evacuating a body from a site hit by Israeli bombardment on Khan Youniz, Gaza Strip, on July 13 2024
  • Wednesday, 31 July, 2024
    Israel-Hamas war
    Iran vows revenge as it accuses Israel of killing of Hamas political leader

    Assassination of Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran has dramatically raised risk of escalation of hostilities

    Iranians carry a portrait of late Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh and wave Palestinian flags during a protest at Tehran University in Tehran
  • Wednesday, 31 July, 2024
    News in-depthMiddle East conflict
    Assassinated: the arch-enemies of Israel killed in twin strikes

    Abrupt killings of a shadowy Hizbollah leader and Hamas’s political chief have shaken the region

  • Wednesday, 31 July, 2024
    Instant InsightMiddle East conflict
    The risk of all-out Middle East war is rising sharply

    Strikes in Beirut and Tehran could plunge Israel and Iran deeper into dangerous cycle of escalation

    Ismail Haniyeh flashes a victory sign at the Iranian parliament in Tehran on Tuesday
  • Sunday, 28 July, 2024
    Israel-Hamas war
    Israel meets mediators in drive for ceasefire breakthrough

    Recent demands from Benjamin Netanyahu could scupper attempts to bring war in Gaza to a halt

    Palestinians inspect the damage following an Israeli strike on the Khadija school housing displaced people in Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip
  • Friday, 26 July, 2024
    UK foreign policy
    UK drops challenge to ICC warrant against Netanyahu

    Change of stance over response to alleged war crimes is likely to strain Britain’s relations with US and Israel

    Man walks past rubble
  • Friday, 19 July, 2024
    Israel-Hamas war
    Yemen’s Houthis claim drone attack on Tel Aviv

    Iran-backed group carries out first attack on Israeli business hub

    Police officers collecting evidence at the scene of the explosion in Tel Aviv
  • Thursday, 18 July, 2024
    Israel-Hamas war
    UAE willing to join multinational force for Gaza

    Gulf state is first nation to say it could put boots on the ground as part of postwar plan

    Lana Zaki Nusseibeh
  • Friday, 12 July, 2024
    Israel-Hamas war
    Netanyahu says Israeli troops will stay on Egypt-Gaza border

    Prime minister’s comments come as negotiators seek to reach deal for release of hostages held by Hamas

    Egyptian soldiers stand guard near the Egyptian side of the Rafah crossing into Gaza
  • Thursday, 11 July, 2024
    G42
    Republicans seek probe of Microsoft’s $1.5bn investment in UAE’s G42

    Letter says deal warrants ‘special scrutiny’ on any ties between AI group and China

    Microsoft’s Brad Smith; Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, G42 chair; and Peng Xiao, CEO of G42
  • Saturday, 6 July, 2024
    Iran
    Reformist Pezeshkian wins Iran’s presidential election

    Successor to Raisi seeks to ease social restrictions and re-engage with west to secure sanctions relief

  • Friday, 5 July, 2024
    Israel-Hamas war
    US sees ‘significant opening’ for Israel-Hamas hostage deal

    Administration official hails ‘breakthrough’ after Joe Biden and Benjamin Netanyahu spoke on Thursday

    Relatives and supporters of Israelis held hostage by Palestinian militants in Gaza hold flags and placards as they demonstrate, calling for their release
  • Thursday, 4 July, 2024
    News in-depthIran
    Iran’s reformists try fear tactics to mobilise vote

    Presidential race between reformist and hardliner to be decided by silent majority who boycotted first round

    A supporter of the reformist presidential candidate Masoud Pezeshkian holds his posters in northern Tehran
  • Tuesday, 2 July, 2024
    Middle East conflict
    Iran would use ‘all means’ to back Hizbollah if Israel launches full-blown war, official says

    Aide to supreme leader warns Israel risks triggering regional conflict in the event of all-out offensive against militant group

    Kamal Kharrazi, foreign affairs adviser to Iran’s supreme leader
  • Monday, 1 July, 2024
    News in-depthIsrael-Hamas war
    Israel tests Hamas-free ‘bubbles’ plan for postwar Gaza

    Pilot in northern neighbourhoods described by insiders as a ‘fantasy’ scheme that will struggle to take hold

    Netanyahu and generic shadowy gunmen. Background Gaza City’s eastern suburb of Shejaiya following Israeli bombardment on June 22, 2024
  • Saturday, 29 June, 2024
    Iran
    Iran’s presidential run-off pits reformist against hardliner

    After a record low turnout, the second round will offer a stark choice in a country beset by economic malaise

  • Monday, 24 June, 2024
    News in-depthEgypt
    The powerbroker of Sinai

    With Egypt’s blessing, Ibrahim al-Organi dominated trade into Gaza. Now the Bedouin leader has a security mission

    Ibrahim al-Organi; Rafah border crossing
  • Monday, 17 June, 2024
    The Big Read
    How Saudi Arabia won back Biden

    The president came to office threatening to make the kingdom a pariah state. But in a volatile Middle East, their ties have become stronger than ever

    Montage of images Joe Biden and Prince Mohamed
  • Saturday, 1 June, 2024
    Israel-Hamas war
    Biden announces new Israel-Hamas peace proposals

    Three-phase plan includes six-week ceasefire and release of hostages in latest effort to end conflict

    US President Joe Biden speaks to media
  • Friday, 31 May, 2024
    Houthi movement
    Yemen’s Houthi rebels claim 16 killed in US-UK strikes

    Western allies step up strikes aimed at deterring Iranian-backed militants from attacks on shipping

    A Yemeni man brandishes a rifle during a march in the Sana’a
  • Sunday, 26 May, 2024
    US foreign policy
    US expected to lift ban on sale of offensive weapons to Saudi Arabia

    Move comes as Washington seeks to improve relations with Gulf state

    Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, right, bumps fists with US President Joe Biden
  • Wednesday, 22 May, 2024
    UK foreign policy
    UK minister made secret trip to UAE after relations soured

    Deputy prime minister Oliver Dowden flew out to Gulf state as Britain seeks fresh investment

    Montage of Oliver Dowden against UAE flag
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