Lina SinjabLina Sinjab is a Syrian journalist based in Lebanon, who is a Middle East correspondent for the BBC.She served as the BBC Syria correspondent until 2013, when she was forced to leave the country after threats from the government.Early lifeSinjab graduated from Damascus University with a degree in English. After studying law at Beirut Arab University, she attended SOAS University of London, where she received an MA in international politics.