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
Fearing rebel retaliation, East Ghouta journalists silent after hundreds hospitalized
AMMAN: On Monday night, medical personnel at a small clinic […]
Munitions researcher on ‘rain of steel’: Monitoring cluster bombs in Syria and the human toll
Since 2012, more than 2,000 Syrians have been killed or […]
As regime drops hundreds of barrel bombs on Darayya, rebel spokesman says ‘history will take note of how the revolution abandoned us’
AMMAN: The Syrian regime reportedly dropped a dozen barrel bombs […]
‘The sound of screaming for help can’t be described with words,’ says Idlib council member of airstrikes
Tens of thousands of Syrians are on the run, fleeing […]
Aid enters Darayya for first time since 2012, but ‘does not contain any food’
AMMAN: An aid convoy entered the rebel-held southwest Damascus suburb […]
Islamic State, Nusra snipers shooting ‘everything that moves’ in Yarmouk camp as residents trapped inside without water
For the last six days, thousands of residents of Yarmouk […]
Starvation breeds desperation: ‘There is no longer a deterrent for people against crime’
Crime is rising exponentially in one Damascus suburb as its […]
Regime sniper picks off Zabadani’s last doctor
Last September, a ceasefire paused the fighting for the battered […]
Palmyra’s displaced seek refuge in the desert, pack into mosques
While some Roman-era ruins survived the battles for Palmyra, a local […]
Journalism in Daraa province: ‘Assad regime doesn’t have a monopoly on hunting us down’
What’s it like being a citizen journalists working in rebel-held […]