Alexander Marquardt covers the Middle East for ABC News, based in Beirut. He has reported on the region for three years, extensively covering the uprisings in Egypt, Libya... Read More »

Alexander Marquardt covers the Middle East for ABC News, based in Beirut. He has reported on the region for three years, extensively covering the uprisings in Egypt, Libya and Syria. Prior to the Middle East, Marquardt covered Russia, Central Asia and Eastern Europe as the Moscow correspondent. He came to ABC News from CNN where he covered the 2008 presidential election. Marquardt graduated from Georgetown University in 2004.« Read Less