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
Stalemate as Damascus water cutoff enters 4th week; no ground changes hands despite intense military campaign
AMMAN: The governor of Outer Damascus said that a “preliminary […]
Rebels surrender east Aleppo, evacuations begin
AMMAN: Rebel forces said they are prepared to leave east Aleppo […]
Ceasefire falls apart as artillery, airstrikes rock east Aleppo
AMMAN: The Turkish-Russian ceasefire for rebel-held east Aleppo fell apart […]
Ceasefire in Aleppo as eastern half burns, ‘bodies lie where they fell’
AMMAN: East Aleppo opposition forces agreed on Tuesday to a […]
Luggage in hand, dozens of civilians bombed on road to relative safety of west Aleppo
AMMAN: Mortar fire reportedly struck and killed dozens of civilians […]
A ‘desperate defense’: Rebels lose 20% of east Aleppo
AMMAN: The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and its allies captured […]
How to move from rebel-held into regime territory? Delicately, says one teacher
Public school teachers who work in Idlib province are paid […]
The reality of encirclement: First Madaya patient dies of malnutrition-related kidney failure
Madaya’s first patient to die of kidney failure passed away on Saturday. […]
March on Douma: Regime captures strategic high ground after 50-day ‘scorched-earth campaign’
AMMAN: One day after losing two key hilltops in East […]
‘Like a scene from the apocalypse’: Parachute-borne bombs hit elementary-school complex
An elementary school after Wednesday’s airstrike. Photo courtesy of Abu […]