Gian Micalessin, is an Italian war correspondent working for “Il Giornale”, a daily national newspaper based in Milan. He is also contributor and pundit for various Italian TV news channel as Rai, Sky TG 24 and Mediaset. Gian Micalessin started his career in 1983 covering Afghan mujahedeen groups fighting against Soviet troops. Since then he has worked in the midst of the most dramatic events of the last four decades, covering dozens of conflicts (see list below). His articles, besides from “Il Giornale”, has been published from some of the most prestigious Italian and international newspapers. (Panorama, Corriere della Sera, Repubblica, Liberation, Der Spiegel, El Mundo, L’Express, Far Eastern Economic Review). Gian Micalessin's TV reports and documentaries have been broadcasted by Italian TVs and international networks (Cbs, Nbc, Channel 4, France 2, Tf1, Ndr, Tsi, Canale 5, Rai 1, Rai2). Since 2013 Gian Micalessin is teaching Foreign Policy at the Journalism Master’s Degree of “Università Cattolica” in Milan. War Coverages 1983-2023 Afghanistan 1983- 2021 Various reportages with anti-Soviet Afghan mujaheddin between 1983 and 1990. Various embeddings with Italian troops in Western provinces and with Us marines in Helmand province Albania 1995 - Posing as illegal migrant he was the first journalist to witness and shooting ( by hidden infrared microcamera) the smuggling of clandestine migrants from Albanian coast to Italy. 1997 - Coverage of the riots in the south. Algeria 1994 -1998 Coverage of civil war Bosnia 1992 -1995 various coverages of Sarajevo siege and war in Central and Northern Bosnia (Vitez, Tuzla, Srebrenica). Burma 1984 - 2021 various stories about Karen and other ethnic insurrections between 1984 and 2007. 2021 Exclusive insight from jungle camps where rebels train to fight for freedom from the junta Cambodia 1984 - 1988 Various coverages of Cambodian guerrilla groups fighting Vietnamese occupation troops. Chechnya January 1995 coverage of Grozny siege January 2000 Reports from Chechen controlled areas Congo/Zaire Ebola disease outbreak 1995 He is one of the few journalist reporting from the village where Ebola disease erupted killing hundreds of people. Croatia 1992 Coverage of fighting in Osjeck, Vukovar, Slavonski Brod and Dubrovnik. Ethiopia 1988 Exclusive report for Rai 1 about liberation of Italian hostages kidnapped by anti-government guerrilla movement Iraq 1992 Coverage of Kurdish resistance in Northern Iraq 2003 Coverage of war to Saddam Hussein from Northern Kurdish territories 2004 - 2006 Coverage of insurgency after the Us invasion and embedding with Marines in Falluja 2016 Exclusive story with Shia militias fighting Isis in North West Iraq. Coverage of Mosul siege following Iraqi troops fighting Isis militants Israel/Palestine 1988 2007 Various coverages of “first” and “second” intifada Kashmir 1990 He is one the few journalist smuggled from Pakistan to Indian controlled territories of Kashmir along with a Muslim guerrilla group. Kosovo 1998 He is one of the few journalists to enter Kosovo from Albania joining a Uck column 1999 Coverage of Nato intervention Libya 2011 Coverage of so called “revolution” in Benghazi 2012 - 2015 Coverage of the Libyan crisis Mocambique 1989 Exclusive story about liberation of an Italian priest kidnapped by Renamo anti-government guerrilla in 1989. 1993 Coverage of UN sponsored peace process. Nagorno Karabakh 2016 coverage of clashes between Armenian separatists and Azerbaijani forces 2021 coverage of 44 day war in Armenian controlled Nagorno Karabakh Namibia 1989 Coverage of UN peace process and first free election in 89. Nicaragua 1987 After joining the so-called “Contras rebels” infiltrating from Honduras he witnessed the decisive Sandinist offensive that smashed the Usa sponsored guerrillas. Western Sahara Polisario 1987 Coverage of Polisario anti-Morocco guerrilla Romania 1989 One of the first journalist to reach Timisoara at the very beginning of 1989 Christmas insurrection. His report for Swiss Tv is the first to denounce the “fake revolution" 1990 Coverage of miners insurrection in Bucarest. Reporting from inside the coal mines Russia August 91 Coverage of the anti-Eltsin aborted coup 2022 - 2023 Coverage of war from Russian controlled territories in Ukraine . Exclusive stories with Chechen fighters. Insight from Zaporizhzhia nuclear central. Various reports from Donbass frontlines. Rwanda 1994 He is one the few journalists reporting from government areas where the Tutsi genocide is taking place. Exclusive story from inside a detention camp where hundreds of Tutsi prisoners wait to be killed Syria 2012 - 2019 Coverage of Syria civil war from Aleppo, Damascus, Homs, Latakyas, Kurds territories in the North and other government controlled areas. Exclusive insight story from Maaloula a Christian village sieged by jihadist groups. Embedding with Russian troops Somalia 1988 Following an adventurous boat trip from Djib