Analyst and journalist specialised in the greater Middle East, jihadist groups, security issues. He has been on The New Arab, The Conflict Archive, Equilibri, Osservatorio Iraq, Il Manifesto, L'Indro, L'Occidentale. He published in 2015 his book "Business,Piombo,Dollari. La privatizzazione della guerra irachena" on the privatization of the Iraqi war. He is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of Osservatorio Mashrek where he covers the conflicts in Syria and Iraq, Israel-Palestine, area MENA, transnational jihadist groups.