Paul Brown is a Senior Journalist with BBC Verify, specialising in war and conflict. His work has included extensive reporting and analysis of the wars in Ukraine, Gaza, and Lebanon, with a particular focus on verification and open-source intelligence techniques. He joined the BBC in 2003 and previously worked at BBC Monitoring, where he analysed the media behaviour and communications strategies of jihadist and other extremist groups. Earlier roles included positions on BBC Monitoring’s central news desk and as a researcher specialising in Africa.