Nada Bashir is an award-winning International Correspondent based at CNN’s London bureau. From reporting on the war in Gaza, to devastating natural disasters, Bashir has delivered distinctive coverage of some of the most consequential stories impacting our world, with a particular focus on the Middle East and Europe.

Most recently, Bashir has played a pivotal role in CNN’s coverage of the war in Gaza, delivering extensive on-the-ground reporting on the war’s impact on both the people of Gaza and the Palestinian communities of Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank. Collaborating with CNN’s teams inside Gaza, Nada has delivered around-the-clock coverage of the unfolding humanitarian catastrophe and the war’s impact on the civilian population on the ground. From the occupied West Bank, she has also reported on the surge in violence against Palestinians by Israeli Settlers, and the increasing number of Palestinian communities being forced to flee their homes as a result.

Over the course of the war in Gaza, Bashir has reported on the broader regional fallout from locations across the Middle East.
In 2024, Bashir gained access to a floating field hospital established off the coast of North Sinai near the Gaza-Egypt border, where she interviewed wounded Palestinian patients recently evacuated from the Gaza Strip. She also reported from Cairo amid ceasefire negotiations between representatives from both Israel and Hamas. From Lebanon, Bashir has reported on deadly tensions between Israel and Hezbollah on Lebanon’s southern border, and also reported from Jordan where she covered mass anti-war protests taking place in the country’s capital.

Ahead of the outbreak of the war in Gaza, Nada was deployed to Morocco to report on the aftermath of a 6.8 magnitude earthquake which killed nearly 3,000 people. Months prior, Nada spent five weeks reporting on the aftermath of a 7.8 magnitude earthquake which struck parts of southern Turkey and northern Syria. Reporting from various devastated locations, Nada’s coverage focused on the remarkable rescue efforts, and the desperate hopes of survivors who lost absolutely everything.

As a key regional power broker, Bashir’s work in Turkey has also focused on the country’s broader political affairs. In 2023, she covered the country’s fiercely contested presidential election, and previously reported on Turkey’s efforts to mediate peace agreements between Russia and Ukraine.

In her earlier work as a Producer, Bashir played a key role in CNN’s coverage of the war in Yemen, travelling to the frontlines of Marib in 2021.
She also worked with CNN’s Chief International Investigative Correspondent Nima Elbagir to shed light on the dire humanitarian crisis gripping Yemen, gaining an Emmy nomination for the team’s investigation into the country’s hunger crisis.

In 2024, Bashir was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe list, and was previously selected for MHP’s 30 To Watch Young Journalist of the Year Award in 2022. In 2023, she won an Emmy award as part of CNN’s breaking news coverage of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and was also shortlisted for an AIB award in recognition of CNN’s coverage of anti-regime protests in Iran.

Prior to joining CNN, she graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Politics and East European Studies from University College London, where she was appointed Editor-in-Chief of the university’s video news outlet, PiTV. She then went on to graduate from the London School of Economics and Political Science with a master’s degree in Global Politics.

Bashir, who is of Libyan descent, was born and raised in the United Kingdom and is conversant in Arabic.