the ground. In December 2016 she covered Aleppo coming back under Syrian government control and was the first to report from the Old City when opposition forces were defeated. Additionally she reported multiple times from Kurdish areas in Syria, including being the first international reporter in Afrin in 2016 after the siege on the city was lifted, and she covered the early days of the Raqqa offensive where she captured US Marines on the frontline in Tabqa, despite American claims that they had no military personnel deployed on frontlines. References Living people 1980s births Alternative journalists British broadcast news analysts British journalists British women journalists British people of Irish descent Media critics Press TV people RT (TV network) people