Richard Engel is widely regarded as one of America’s leading foreign correspondents for his coverage of wars, revolutions, and political transitions around the world for over twenty years. He is recognized for his outstanding reporting on the Syrian civil war, the 2011 revolution in Egypt, the conflict in Libya, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and overall unrest throughout the Arab world. Engel was named chief foreign correspondent of NBC News in April 2008. His reports appear across all NBC News and MSNBC platforms, including “NBC Nightly News,” “TODAY,” “Meet the Press,” “Dateline” and NBCNews.com. Engel also hosts the special ongoing award-winning series “On Assignment with Richard Engel” on MSNBC, which draws on his over twenty years of experience of award-winning original reporting in the field and combines in-depth reporting with interviews in key locations across the world. Engel’s work has received numerous awards, including eight News & Documentary Emmy Awards. He was also honored with two Peabody Awards, among many others. Engel lived in the Middle East after graduating from Stanford University with a B.A. in international relations. He speaks and reads fluent Arabic, Italian and Spanish.