Geopolitical analyst and journalist focused in the greater Middle East, conflicts, international security. He has been on The New Arab, The Fanack Chronicle, Fanack Water, The Conflict Archive. He published in 2015 a book on the privatisation 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.