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Seasoned war correspondent Jeremy Bowen provides riveting anecdotes from a life reporting on the front line at some of the most fraught conflicts of the past twenty years. Jeremy has covered hostilities from over 70 countries ranging from El Salvador, Somalia to the West Bank and his current role as the BBC\u2019s Middle East Editor enables him to cast a welcome light onto one of the most complex areas of the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Seasoned war correspondent Jeremy Bowen provides riveting anecdotes from a life reporting on the front line at some of the most fraught conflicts of the […]
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