Bio
Kristen Demilio
Kristen Gillespie Demilio has more than 10 years of experience reporting from the Middle East while based in Amman. She regularly contributed to news outlets including CBS News Radio, NPR, The Jerusalem Report and PBS and is a graduate of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism as well as the Institut Français des Etudes Arabes in Damascus.
Latest Articles
Chris Woods of Airwars: ‘We’re talking here about a unilateral US war’ in Syria
“There are two separate US wars going on in Syria […]
After prison, Syrian journalist documents abuses against detainees: ‘I can’t forget anyone inside’
Shiyar Khalil was once the subject of several human rights […]
Madaya gets first aid delivery in 5 months, ICRC says ‘not a solution’
AMMAN: An aid convoy arrived in the encircled Outer Damascus town […]
Why did Waer’s opposition drop its prisoner-release condition?
The surrender of the Waer district of Homs has not […]
Relatives of executed rebels speak out: ‘The regime hasn’t even done what Liwa al-Aqsa did to us’
Inter-rebel battles are not new to northwest Syria, but the […]
After shrapnel severs his leg, young Syrian designs ‘low-cost’ prosthetic limbs with 3D printing
In 2013, Asem Hasna was driving an ambulance through the […]
As last dialysis center closes in east Damascus suburbs, patients prepare to die
On Thursday, the only dialysis clinic in the encircled east […]
Wanted by the Islamic State and now exiled in Europe, RBSS founder says ‘I have the right to live a normal life’
At the age of 25, Abu Ibrahim a-Raqqawi is in […]
Deir e-Zor civilians fear ‘mass executions’ as Islamic State advances
AMMAN: Civilians are fearing “mass executions” among the 100,000 people […]
Post-surrender regret in Damascus suburb: ‘Everyone who lost sons and daughters to this revolution will never view Assad as anything but a criminal’
On December 2, Syrian rebels and their families left the […]