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Susannah George

Susannah George is a freelance reporter based in Beirut.

I’m Susannah George, a radio and print journalist based in Beirut covering the Middle East. I write for NPR, PRI, Global Post and Foreign Policy. My assignments have taken me to Iraq, Egypt, Libya and southern Turkey. Prior to moving to Beirut I was a producer and editor for NPR based in Washington DC, but traveling all over: from the campaign trail in Iowa to Pakistan’s Swat Valley.

Why some Iraqis would rather try their luck under ISIL

Conflict

Refugees from Iraq’s north are hearing good things from back home, where extremists have wrested control. There’s water now. And no more checkpoints.

Iraqi deserters say the army’s epic collapse isn’t their fault

Conflict

No one asked these Iraqis what they thought about US troops coming back

Politics

If Erbil’s so safe, why is everyone at the gas station?

Politics

Ahmed Chalabi pushed for the US invasion of Iraq. Will he be the country’s next PM?

Conflict

The peshmerga and the Iraqi army just love to hate on each other

Conflict

Problem is they’re supposed to be on the same side.

Iraqi Christians are caught in the middle and hitting the road

Politics

The sectarian divide plaguing Iraq is mostly between Muslims, but the violence that has resulted spares no one.

It’s time to buy a gun in Kirkuk (VIDEO)

Conflict

Sales at the gun market are booming due to the Iraq crisis. But no Arabs are allowed.

Is Iraq’s Maliki taking a page out of Assad’s playbook?

Agence France-Presse

His Iraqi critics say yes. They also say that’s why the situation in Iraq has gotten so bad.

The wider struggle for Iraq is playing out in Baghdad’s neighborhoods

Agence France-Presse

‘Frankly if your mother and father hadn’t been with you, I would have killed you,’ a Shia militia fighter told Ra’id a few weeks ago.