Lara Setrakian

Who is Lara Setrakian?

Lara Setrakian is an Armenian American journalist with a focus on the Middle East political economy based between the Middle East & New York and founder of Syria Deeply, a single issue news website covering the civil war in Syria. As the Middle East correspondent for Bloomberg Television, she was instrumental in Bloomberg Television’s live on the ground coverage of the 2011 Egyptian Revolution. Following the toppling of Tunisia's president Ben Ali during what became known as the Arab Spring, Setrakian arrived in Egypt before the January 25th protest and was reporting live from Tahrir Square when Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak stepped down. While covering the rise of piracy off the horn of Africa, Lara was the first American to interview the new president of war-torn Somalia, Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed. She participated in TED-x Yerevan in Armenia and discussed her career as a Middle East foreign correspondent and the five things she learned along the way. Lara continues to report for ABC News and is a freelance contributor to Bloomberg Television, splitting her time between New York and the Middle East. Lara Setrakian was named as one of Marie Claire's Top Women of 2012.