Nancy Youssef

Nancy A. Youssef is an American journalist known for her reporting on national security, with a focus on U.S. military operations and the Middle East. Until 2025, she was a national security correspondent for The Wall Street Journal, where she covered military affairs and the Arab world. Youssef has earned significant recognition for her coverage of conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan, and the broader Arab world, and she has worked for several leading news outlets, including The Daily Beast, BuzzFeed News, and McClatchy Newspapers.