Courtney has been based in the Middle East for almost nine years. She has covered the political crises of Lebanon, Syria’s role in the region, as well as the Intifada, the fracturing of the Palestinian Authority and Israel’s response.

Since July 2005, Courtney has been reporting for Fox News in Baghdad. She has covered this story for all sides. She was at Saddam Hussein’s trials. She has documented the explosion of sectarian violence and the players involved. And she has been embedded repeatedly with US troops, charting the course of military strategy as the US Congress looks on. She knows the system well enough to get to the right places at the right times.

When not in Baghdad, she has gone on air for Fox from Jerusalem, London and New York both as a reporter and on air analyst.

She received her masters from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism.