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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)
  • Saturday, 28 December, 2024
    Israel-Hamas war
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    Attack on Kamal Adwan comes as Israel steps up offensive that began in October

    A man in a hospital bed is wheeled outside the hospital
  • Thursday, 26 December, 2024
    Middle East war
    Year in a word: War in the Middle East

    From Gaza and Lebanon to Syria, the region has experienced a year of multiple devastating conflicts

    Montage image of the words ‘War in the Middle East’ and buildings in destruction
  • Sunday, 22 December, 2024
    EU business regulation
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    Energy minister warns Doha ‘not bluffing’ over hefty penalties in corporate sustainability directive

    Qatar energy minister Saad al-Kaabi
  • Thursday, 19 December, 2024
    News in-depthSyrian crisis
    US fights Isis resurgence in Syria as jihadis try to regroup

    Washington warns power vacuum after Assad’s fall creates opening for extremists

    US soldiers in Rumaylan in north-western Syria
  • Tuesday, 17 December, 2024
    Israel-Hamas war
    Israel meets Qatar mediators in renewed push for ceasefire with Hamas

    Diplomats press for deal that would include release of hostages before Donald Trump takes office in US

    An Israeli military vehicle and soldier are seen in silhouette near the Gaza border
  • Saturday, 14 December, 2024
    Syrian crisis
    US in direct contact with Islamist rebels who took over Syria

    Western and regional leaders seek to deal with Hayat Tahrir al-Sham despite designation as a terrorist group

  • Wednesday, 11 December, 2024
    InterviewQatar Investment Authority
    Qatar’s $500bn wealth fund targets bigger deals as LNG windfall looms

    New chief says QIA will deploy cash ‘more aggressively’ as it conducts investment review ahead of huge influx

    Montage of Mohammed Al-Sowaidi, the North Field gas field, US dollars and the Qatar Investment Authority logo
  • Tuesday, 10 December, 2024
    Syrian crisis
    Israel wants to create ‘sterile’ zone in Syria, says defence minister

    Israeli forces have seized territory and reportedly struck hundreds of military targets once controlled by Assad regime

    An Israeli military vehicle crosses into the buffer zone with Syria in the Israel-occupied Golan Heights on Tuesday
  • Monday, 9 December, 2024
    Syrian crisis
    ‘Terrorist’ label of Syria’s new rulers will need to be reconsidered, says UN envoy

    Geir Pedersen warns there is ‘no way to exclude’ Islamist group that led offensive against Assad regime

    HTS leader Abu Mohammad al-Jolani is greeted by supporters at the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus on Sunday
  • Monday, 9 December, 2024
    News in-depthSyrian crisis
    How Bashar al-Assad’s regime crumbled

    Syria’s strongman was feted in Riyadh three weeks ago. Now he is an asylum seeker in Moscow

    An anti-government fighter stands near a defaced portrait of Bashar al-Assad in the city of Hama
  • Sunday, 8 December, 2024
    Syrian crisis
    Assad flees Syria for Moscow as rebels seize Damascus

    Deposed leader arrives in Russian capital, according to state newswire, after regime toppled

    Cheering men walk past an arch on a Damascus street at daybreak on December 8
  • Sunday, 8 December, 2024
    Syrian crisis
    Iran ‘lost faith’ in Assad before his ousting

    Insider says Tehran declined to provide more military support for now-deposed Syrian leader

    Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad
  • Sunday, 8 December, 2024
    Syrian crisis
    Assad flees Syria as rebels seize Damascus

    Toppling of regime marks culmination of lightning offensive by rebel groups led by HTS

    An anti-government fighter steps on a torn up portrait of Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad
  • Sunday, 8 December, 2024
    Syrian crisis
    The 7 days that ended 50 years of Assad rule — in maps

    How a lightning rebel advance toppled a family dynasty in a week

    Syrian opposition fighters celebrate after the Syrian government collapsed in Damascus on Sunday
  • Sunday, 8 December, 2024
    Global InsightSyrian crisis
    What is next for Syria after Assad’s fall?

    The real test for the country and Middle East will come when triumphant but disparate rebel factions divide the spoils — and whether they can share power

    Syrian opposition fighters celebrate after the government collapsed in Damascus
  • Friday, 6 December, 2024
    US-Iran tensions
    Iran ramping up highly enriched uranium stockpile, UN warns

    Head of nuclear watchdog said ‘very concerning’ move could rapidly expand Tehran’s production capacity

    Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian meets with International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi in Tehran
  • Friday, 6 December, 2024
    Israel-Hamas war
    Trump’s Middle East envoy met Israel and Qatar PMs to broker ceasefire

    Steven Witkoff held talks with Netanyahu and Sheikh Mohammed to discuss deal ahead of inauguration

    Steven Witkoff
  • Thursday, 5 December, 2024
    News in-depthMiddle East military briefing
    How Syria’s rebels became makers of drones and guided missiles

    What began as a band of a few dozen jihadis is now a disciplined force with units producing modern weaponry

    Opposition fighters prepare Grad missiles to target Syrian regime forces in Aleppo.
  • Wednesday, 4 December, 2024
    UK politics
    Starmer refuses to repeat Labour’s G7 growth pledge

    Prime minister will set new target on Thursday, as he courts investment during Qatari visit to Britain

    Sir Keir Starmer is questioned on the growth pledge in the House of Commons on Wednesday
  • Tuesday, 3 December, 2024
    Syrian crisis
    Syrian rebels reach outskirts of major city of Hama

    Advance from Aleppo highlights weakness of regime forces

    Syrian opposition fighters stand on top of a seized Syrian army armoured vehicle in the outskirts of Hama
  • Monday, 2 December, 2024
    Middle East war
    Amos Hochstein: US envoy who forged rare truce in Middle East

    Biden’s energy adviser exudes ‘positive American arrogance . . . he gets results’, says one official

    Amos Hochstein arrives for a meeting
  • Sunday, 1 December, 2024
    Syrian crisis
    Syria’s Assad trapped by rebel advance and refusal to compromise

    Rapid capture of Aleppo from government forces underlines regime’s fragility despite Russian and Iranian help

    A masked Islamist rebel holding a rifle and making a victory sign stands in front of a torn poster of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad
  • Saturday, 30 November, 2024
    News in-depthSyrian crisis
    Syrian rebels’ advance breaks war’s fragile stalemate

    Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham has advanced from its Idlib stronghold in lightning raid on Aleppo

  • Saturday, 30 November, 2024
    Syrian crisis
    Syrian rebels sweep into Aleppo after lightning assault

    Offensive highlights Bashar al-Assad’s weakness as Israel targets regime supporters Iran and Hizbollah

    Rebel fighters pose for a photo in front of Aleppo’s citadel
  • Tuesday, 26 November, 2024
    Global InsightMiddle East war
    An Israel-Hizbollah ceasefire may not be the end

    Benjamin Netanyahu’s confidence risks hubris, while the militant group will already be plotting its rehabilitation

    Two pictures — one of Lebanese walking through the destruction in Beirut’s southern suburbs in August 2006, and the other of smoke billowing above Beirut’s southern suburbs following an Israeli airstrike in November 2024
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