Syria — Reporters and analysts

1. Alessandria Masi: Managing Editor for Syria Deeply; currently at CNN. She tweets here.
2. Dareen Khalifa: Senior Syria Analyst, International Crisis Group. She tweets here.
3. Elizabeth Ferris: Co-director of the Brookings-LSE Project on Internal Displacement. She tweets here.
4. Elizabeth Tsurkov: Fellow, Foreign Policy Research Institute; Admin, Women Know MENA — a platform for analysis and reportage by female reporters, analysts and practitioners focused on the Middle East and North Africa. She tweets here.
5. Farah Najjar: Journalist/Producer for AJEnglish with a focus on Palestine & MENA. She tweets here.
6. Hannah Allam: Foreign affairs reporter for McClatchy Newspapers, former Baghdad bureau chief. She tweets here.
7. Hoda Abdel-Hamid: War correspondent with Al Jazeera. She was hired as the Iraq correspondent and then became a Senior International correspondent. She tweets here.
8. Hwaida Saad — Covers Syria from Lebanon. She tweets here.
9. Janine di Giovanni: Newsweek Middle East Editor; Long time war reporter on conflict; analyst and author. She tweets here.
10. Joyce Karam: Washington Correspondent, The National. She tweets here.
11. Kiran Nazish — journalist and analyst on Syria, ISIS and Kurdish issues. She tweets here.
12. Liz Sly: Washington Post’s Beirut bureau chief. She tweets here.
13. Nussaibah Younis: Senior Research Associate at the Project on Middle East Democracy in Washington DC. She tweets here.
14. Rania Abouzeid: Independent journalist covering the Middle East, primarily Syria; based in Beirut. She tweets here.
15. Robin Wright: Writer for New Yorker; Author of Rock the Casbah and other books on Middle-East. She tweets here.
16. Rukmini Callimachi: Correspondent for The New York Times covering ISIS. She tweets here.
17. Saphora Smith: Foreign reporter for NBC News covering Middle East and AfPak. She tweets here.
18. Suzan Haidamous: Washington Post reporter in Beirut. She tweets here.
19. Zeina Khodr: Senior correspondent, Aljazeera English — Turkey/Syria. Currently head of communications for UNICEF Iraq. She tweets here.

Kurdish issues — Reporters/Photojournalists on the ground

1. Frederike Geerdink: Journalist and author in Kurdistan. She tweets here; contact email: f.geerdink@gmail.com
2. Jenan Moussa: Reporter for Dubai’s Al Aan TV. She tweets here.

Kurdish issues — Journalists to be contacted for analysis or panels

1. Aylina Kılıç: reporter focused on Kurdish issues. She tweets here.
2. Cale Salih: Project manager at the Institute for Integrated transitions, writes on Kurdistan. She tweets here.
3. Figen Gunes: Reporter with focus on Turkey, Kurdish issues and London.
4. Liz Sly: Washington Post’s Beirut bureau chief. She tweets here.
5. Louisa Loveluck: Journalist based in Beirut for Washington Post. She tweets here.
6. Lawen Azad: former host and producer of ‘Inside Kurdistan Extra’. She tweets here.
7. Nurcan Baysal: Kurdish author, journalist, human rights defender, columnist. She tweets here.
8. Ruwayda Mustafah: Author of A Journey to Kurdistan. She tweets here.

Turkish/Syria border — Reporters/Photojournalists on the ground

1. Kristina Jovanovski: Canadian journalist based in Turkey since two years. Currently on the Turkish side of the Turkey-Syria border. She tweets here. Contact email: kjovanov@gmail.com
2. Jenan Moussa: Reporter for Dubai’s Al Aan TV. She tweets here.
3. Julia Hahn: DW’s Turkey Correspondent. She tweets here.

Turkish/Syria border — Analysts

1. Erin Cunningham: Washington Post correspondent in Istanbul, writing about the region. She tweets here.
2. Karen Young: Resident Scholar @AEI, covering political economy of the Gulf/MENA; she tweets here.
3. Mona Yacoubian: Conflict analysis and prevention in the Middle East at @USIP, with a focus on Syria, Iraq, Lebanon and Jordan. She tweets here.

Turkey — Journalists on the ground

1. Arwa Damon: CNN Senior International Correspondent. She tweets here.
2. Jane Arraf: NPR international correspondent covering Iraq. She tweets here.
3. Jenan Moussa: Reporter for Dubai’s Al Aan TV. She tweets here.
4. Liz Sly: Washington Post’s Beirut bureau chief. She tweets here.
5. Jomana Qaddour: Syrian American lawyer & doctoral student Georgetown University Law Center focusing on constitutions & ethnosectarian politics in Syria/Iraq. She tweets here.
6. Loveday Morris: Washington Post correspondent. She tweets here.
7. Louisa Loveluck: Journalist based in Beirut for Washington Post. She tweets here.
8. Sara Kayyali: Syria Researcher, Human Rights Watch. She tweets here.
9. Alba Cambeiro: Freelance photojournalist from Spain based in Istanbul; covers Middle East politics with a special focus on social and gender issues. Contact email: alb.cambeiro@gmail.com

Turkey — Analysts

1. Alev Scott — Freelance writer, and author of Turkish Awakening. She tweets here.
2. Amberin Zaman — Columnist at Al-Monitor, and former Turkey Correspondent, The Economist, Wilson Center Public Policy Scholar. She tweets here.
3. Asli Aydintasbas — Journalist, and Fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations. She tweets here.
4. Ayla Albayrak — Journalist, former WSJ correspondent in Istanbul. She tweets here.
5. Ayla Jean Yackley — Journalist covering Turkey. CFWIJ member. She tweets here.
6. Cale Salih: Researcher for The United Nations University’s Centre for Policy Research, formerly based in Kurdistan. She tweets here.
7. Christy Quirk — Polling specialist, and political strategist based in Istanbul. She tweets here.
8. Emel Kurma — Helsinki Citizens Assembly, an organization of citizens dedicated to peace, democracy and human rights in Europe. She tweets here.
9. Emma Sinclair-Webb — Director for Human Rights Watch in Turkey. She tweets here.
10. Gonul Tol — Director of the Middle East Institute’s Turkish Studies Program, in washington. She tweets here.
11. Hale Akay — Independent researcher. She tweets here.
12. Humeyra Pamuk — Senior Correspondent, Reuters, and Knight-Bagehot fellow at Columbia Journalism School. She tweets here.
13. Jennifer Hattam — Freelance journalist based in Istanbul. She tweets here.
14. Kiran Nazish — Turkey correspondent and analyst. CFWIJ member. She tweets here.
15. Laura Pitel — Financial Times correspondent based in Ankara, Turkey. CFWIJ member. She tweets here.
16. Nigar Goksel — Turkey Director, International Crisis Group. She tweets here.
17. Sabiha Senyucel Gundogar — Research director of PODEM Istanbul. She tweets here.
18. Zeynep Erdim — Bureau Editor, BBC News. She tweets here.

Lebanon — Foreign correspondents on the ground

1. Luna Safwan: Reporting for @VICEArabia. She tweets here.
2. Julie Kebbi: Works for L’Orient-Le Jour. International desk. She tweets here.
3. Tamara Qiblawi: Digital Middle East producer at @CNNi. She tweets here.
4. Alexandra Talty: Writer/Journalist based in Lebanon.
5. Sarah Dadouch: Washington Post correspondent based in Beirut, Lebanon. She tweets here.
6. Abby Sewell: Beirut-based features reporter for Daily Star Lebanon. She tweets here.
7. Zahraa Dirany: Freelance Journalist/ Media Coordinator at the Lebanese Women Democratic Gathering. She tweets here.
8. Bissan Fakih: Former campaign director The Syria Campaign. Contact email: bissanfakih@gmail.com
9. Rima Itani: She is the producer of Al Jazeera Instagram account and is based in Doha. You can follow her work here.

Lebanon — Analysts

1. Andrea Backhaus: Journalist/Editor at Zeit Online. Covers Middle East, conflict & migration, and beyond. Based in Berlin, Germany. She tweets here.
2. Hayat Mirshad: Journalist/Head of Communications & Campaigning at the Lebanese Women Democratic Gathering. She tweets here.
3. Abeer Saksouk: Architect and urbanist. She tweets here.
4. Mary Khodari: Feminist & Gender Equality Activist. She tweets here.
5. Rand Hammoud: Does research and Campaigns on Iraq and Jordan for Amnesty International. She tweets here.
6. Maha Yahya: Director Carnegie Middle East. She tweets here.
7. Sulome Anderson: Author and journalist with expertise on Palestine, Lebanon and Hezbollah. She tweets here.