Federica Marsi

Federica Marsi is a senior reporter at aljazeera.com.

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Based between Italy and the Middle East, she writes news, features, analysis and explainers with a particular focus on Middle East politics, migration and environmental issues. Federica was previously a news producer at The National in London and a senior reporter at The Daily Star in Beirut. She has also reported extensively on unrest in Tunisia, Lebanon, Iraq and the occupied Palestinian Territories, and on environmental issues in East Africa for news outlets including Thomson Reuters Foundation, Politico, the Independent, Middle East Eye and Mongabay among others. Federica has led a number of significant Al Jazeera investigations, including into Libya's Tareq Bin Zeyad armed group in 2023 in collaboration with the forensic investigation unit, Lighthouse Reports and other international outlets. Federica has broken exclusive stories for Al Jazeera on important topics such as India's military exports to Israel amid the war in Gaza in 2024; and EU research funds allocated to Israel despite its military occupation of Palestinian Territories in the same year.

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World’s biggest shipping company facilitates trade from Israeli settlements

STANFORD-LE-HOPE, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 26: Shipping containers are loaded onto an M.S.C container ship at London Gateway port, operated by DP World Plc on November 26, 2024 in Stanford-le-Hope, England. DP World, owner and operator of the London Gateway deep water port, has launched operations of an all-electric fourth berth, expanding the port's capacity and creating 200 permanent jobs. In October, DP World confirmed a £1 billion investment plan into expanding the logistics hub on the Thames River with the development of an additional two berths, which would make London Gateway Britain's largest container port within the next five years. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

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EU research funds flow to Israel despite outrage over Gaza war

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (left, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu) has argued that Israel has a right to defend itself

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India exports rockets, explosives to Israel amid Gaza war, documents reveal

Palestinians look at the aftermath of the Israeli bombing in Nuseirat refugee camp, Gaza Strip, Saturday, June 8

Murky waters: European powers allow shadowy Libyan group to return refugees

Tareq bin Zeyad (TBZ) crew [Screengrab/Al Jazeera]

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