Samya Kullab is Ukraine correspondent for the Associated Press based in Kyiv. Previously she was AP correspondent in Iraq, with assignments in Syria and Afghanistan. Before that, she was senior correspondent for Iraq Oil Report, covering oil, security and politics in Iraq. Her work has been published in international outlets including Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, Al Jazeera, The New Humanitarian, The National and the Globe and Mail. Between 2013 to 2016, she was a reporter and editor for Lebanon's The Daily Star, where she covered the spillover from the war in Syria, including the refugee crisis, border security and terrorism. She completed a Trauma Training for Journalists course in 2015. She has also worked in South Asia.

In 2017, she authored a graphic novel with Firefly Books about her coverage of the Syrian refugee crisis which was shortlisted for the School  Library Association's Information Book Award and translated to several languages. She has provided commentary about Iraq, Lebanon and Syria to media outlets including NPR, BBC, Monocle and The Atlantic. 

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