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Sophia Yan

Senior foreign correspondent
  • Islamic State attackers publish selfie following Moscow attack

    In a statement on social media the group describes how it sought to inflict as much damage as possible on a ‘large crowd of Christians’

    Sophia Yan 23 Mar 2024, 5:03pm
    The four men wear black baseball caps and as they point to the sky in a gesture relating to belief in one god
  • Israeli hostage families urge Joe Biden to push Netanyahu to agree ceasefire

    Letter from 600 relatives urges US President to press for a ‘reasonable deal’ as dissatisfaction grows with Israeli prime minister

    Sophia Yan 23 Mar 2024, 3:21pm
    Supporters and relatives of the Israeli hostages demonstrate, some wearing masks, in Tel Aviv this month
  • Britain opens its first field hospital in Gaza

    Once fully built, the mobile clinic will be able to handle at least 250 patients a day, according to UK-Med, a medical NGO

    Sophia Yan 23 Mar 2024, 1:41pm
     UK-funded field hospital opens in Gaza. The facility is based near Rafah, where 1.5 million Palestinians are crammed in, having fled other parts of Gaza. Screengrab from X
  • How the murder of three Syrians burnt alive in Turkey is pushing a new wave of migrants into Europe

    A surge in xenophobic violence has left many who fled their war-torn home seeking refuge elsewhere

    Sophia Yan 23 Mar 2024, 8:00am
    Syrian refugees after being caught by the Turkish Coast Guard in Cesme,Turkey
  • The Latvian sandwich makers training to push Putin’s army into ‘kill zones’

    Baltic states bring back conscription and make plans to defend Europe against potential Russian invaders

    Sophia Yan 21 Mar 2024, 11:35am
    Matiss Lopsa, 21, spends a few weeks training with the national guard
  • Underwater internet cables cut in Red Sea area targeted by Houthis

    Communications between Europe and the Middle East put at risk after damage to undersea infrastructure

    Sophia Yan 4 Mar 2024, 6:11pm
    Houthi supporters attend a rally against the U.S.-led airstrikes on Yemen and in support of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Yemen, in Sanaa, Yemen
  • Israeli attacks on police guarding aid blamed for ‘law and order breakdown’

    Troops opening fire on people swarming a convoy carrying bags of flour linked to Palestinian ‘Blue Police’ force no longer being functional

    Sophia Yan 1 Mar 2024, 7:00pm
    Palestinians run along a street as humanitarian aid is airdropped in Gaza City
  • Mother of Mahsa Amini calls Iran election pointless as millions boycott vote in protest at regime

    Low turnout in polls expected as Mozhgan Eftekhari claims voting will change nothing

    Ashkan Shabani 1 Mar 2024, 3:44pm
    Mahsa Amini's death in 2022 after she allegedly wore a hijab 'improperly' sparked mass protests in Iran
  • Israeli troops open fire on Gaza crowd seeking food, ‘killing 112 people’

    IDF says soldiers shot ‘those who posed a threat and did not move away’ as Joe Biden admits an imminent ceasefire is now unlikely

    Maighna Nanu 29 Feb 2024, 8:26pm
    video: Israeli troops open fire on Gaza crowd seeking food, ‘killing 112 people’
  • More than 1,000 arrested as China cracks down on rare protests in Tibet

    Hundreds of monks and demonstrators take to streets over plans to demolish two villages and six monasteries to build dam

    Sophia Yan 24 Feb 2024, 4:42pm
    Protesters in Derge rally against hydro-electric dam project
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  • Battle Lines: Invasion of Rafah, US push for ceasefire, two years of war in Ukraine

    Join The Telegraph’s top journalists as they analyse the top defence, security & foreign affairs stories and tell you what you need to know

    Venetia Rainey 23 Feb 2024, 10:00am
    People mourn relatives killed in overnight Israeli bombardment, outside the Al-Najjar hospital in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on February 23, 2024, as battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas continue
  • British-registered ship abandoned amid fears it will sink after Houthi double strike in Gulf

    The crew are picked up by another commercial ship as the Rubymar takes on water following a double missile hit off the coast of Yemen

    Sophia Yan 19 Feb 2024, 4:23pm
    Cargo ship Rubymar
  • Egypt ‘building huge facility to house Palestinian refugees’ in case they flee Rafah

    Compound may be large enough to take in more than 100,000 people from Gaza if Israel launches offensive against southern city

    Sophia Yan 16 Feb 2024, 5:01pm
    A camp for displaced Palestinians near the border fence between Gaza and Egypt
  • Battle Lines: Inside an 'Oasis of Peace' in Israel

    Join The Telegraph’s top journalists as they analyse the top defence, security & foreign affairs stories and tell you what you need to know

    Sophia Yan 14 Feb 2024, 10:51am
    New Street Art at Old Street roundabout in East London depicting two children with the Israeli and Palestinian flags is painted by the mural artists VLAD (@vlad.art5) and Marco (@Doppelwashere)
  • Marxist terror group kills one in attack on Istanbul courthouse

    Two assailants, a man and a woman who were members of a far-Left group listed as a terrorism organisation, were shot dead by security

    Sophia Yan 6 Feb 2024, 7:23pm
    Police secure Caglayan courthouse in Istanbul
  • Latvia reintroduces conscription to deter Russia from invading Europe

    Compulsory draft came into force in January, says foreign minister

    Sophia Yan 6 Feb 2024, 12:36pm
    Compulsory service in Latvia came into effect at the start of January
  • Ukraine: The Latest - Zelensky says ‘reset’ of top officials is coming & Latvia boosts defence

    Every weekday The Telegraph's top journalists analyse the Russian invasion of Ukraine from all angles and tell you what you need to know

    David Knowles 5 Feb 2024, 5:03pm
    This handout photograph taken and released by the Ukrainian Presidential press service on February 4, 2024 shows the President Volodymyr Zelensky (C) talking with servicemen during his visit to Zaporizhzhia region, amid Russian invasion in Ukraine.
  • ‘They train us how to shoot’: How Yemeni children are recruited as Houthi foot soldiers

    Lured to ‘camps’ with the promise of food and money for their families, boys as young as seven are then forced to join the militia's ranks

    Ali Mahmood 31 Jan 2024, 4:00pm
    Students shout slogans during a ceremony at the end of summer courses in Sana'a, Yemen
  • Israel deploys troops to Lebanon border ‘for what comes next’

    Move comes after country’s army chief warns that the risk of war on the northern border had become ‘much higher’

    Sophia Yan 30 Jan 2024, 10:59am
    An Israeli soldier - Israel moves troops to Lebanon border ‘for what comes next’
  • Battle Lines: Hostage families protest in Israel, plus could public face call-up if UK goes to war?

    Join The Telegraph’s top journalists as they analyse the top defence, security & foreign affairs stories and tell you what you need to know

    David Knowles 26 Jan 2024, 12:23pm
    Relatives of Israelis who have been held hostage by Hamas militants since October 7, storm a parliamentary committee session demanding that the lawmakers do more to try to free their loved ones, in Jerusalem January 22, 2024.
  • Iraq criticises 'reckless' US for air strikes on Iran-backed militia group

    American forces attack Ketaib Hezbollah in what Baghdad is calling a 'reckless escalation'

    Sophia Yan 24 Jan 2024, 12:24am
    Missiles at a park in Tehran. The US claims Iran is funding militia groups in Iraq and Syria
  • Houthis give British aid workers 30 days to leave Yemen

    The threat comes as the Prime Minister warned of more strikes if attacks continued

    Sophia Yan 24 Jan 2024, 12:06am
    Prime Minister’s statement on Houthi maritime attacks in the Red Sea and tributes to Sir Tony Lloyd MP
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