She was in Iran for the Green Movement (2009) and more recently covered the conflict fronts against ISIS. She was among the few international journalists to witness, from inside the siege, resistance to the caliphate in the Syrian Kurdish town of Kobane (September 2014-January 2015), followed by the liberation of Raqqa and Baghouz. She also followed the offensive to liberate Mosul (October 2016-July 2017) and covered the foiled coup in Turkey for RAI, where she conducted one of the few international – and Italian exclusive – interviews with President Erdogan (August 2016).

In August 2020 she was at Beirut port after the explosion of 2750 tons of ammonium nitrate, covering the protests that followed.

In August 2021 she reported on the end of NATO’s mission in Afghanistan and the terrorist attack on Kabul airport. In the months following, she produced a series of exclusive reports on the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, travelling the entire country from north to south.

After having covered, from Gaza, the Israel-Hamas conflicts of 2008-9 and 2014, from 7 October 2023 she reported from Israel and the Palestinian Territories, as well as Lebanon when Nasrallah was killed and Syria to document the fall of the Assad regime.

Her work as war correspondent has garnered her numerous awards, including the Antonio Russo, Ilaria Alpi, Luigi Barzini , Maria Grazia Cutuli, Luchetta, Biagio Agnes, Mario Francese, Premiolino and Scalfari prizes.

She speaks fluent English, French and Spanish.