John Davison is a journalist and foreign correspondent, currently writing about the Middle East and Russia for Reuters news agency. He was based in Baghdad until recently as Iraq Bureau Chief and held postings before that as Egypt & Sudan Deputy Bureau Chief in Cairo and Syria & Lebanon Correspondent in Beirut. He has covered the Middle East since 2012.
John works primarily in print but has also produced photos, video footage and pieces to camera. He has been a regular guest on various radio news programmes, including on the BBC World Service. He speaks and writes fluent Arabic, Farsi and French is learning Russian.