Lizzie Porter

Lizzie Porter is a freelance journalist based in Beirut, Lebanon, focusing on Shiite politics and religion, Lebanon, Syria and Iraq. On Twitter: @lcmporter

Basra Museum struggles to keep Iraq's heritage at home

The Basra Museum displays around 2,200 objects from the Sumerian, Babylonian, Assyrian and Hellenistic eras — 100 of which were reportedly looted and returned to Iraq from Jordan and the United States.

Lizzie Porter | Iraq | Oct 28, 2019

Basra church restored, but few Christians left to worship there

Basra's Virgin Mary Chaldean Church has reopened after a $228,000 renovation, but the Christians still in the city are dwindling.

Lizzie Porter | Iraq | Aug 7, 2019

Why US sanctions won’t affect Hezbollah’s popular support

US sanctions on the Lebanese Hezbollah group appear to have affected the party’s various wings financially, including the construction association known as Jihad al-Binaa, but popular support and projects are still going strong.

Lizzie Porter | Lebanon | Aug 1, 2019

Lizzie Porter

Basra Museum struggles to keep Iraq's heritage at home

Basra church restored, but few Christians left to worship there

Why US sanctions won’t affect Hezbollah’s popular support

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