Wyre Davies

Who is Wyre Davies?

Wyre Davies is a Welsh journalist, currently Middle East correspondent for BBC News. He is a fluent Welsh speaker.

After studying Latin American politics at university, he joined BBC News where, after training, he became a foreign correspondent in Latin America. In 2000 he transferred to a job as correspondent at BBC Wales, reporting on stories across Wales and appearing on Wales Today together with the BBC's Six and Ten o'clock news. He also reported on sports stories.

In 2005, he was asked to fill in for Katya Adler for six months while she took maternity leave. He has since undertaken occasional assignments to both Palestine and Israel, and in April 2010 was appointed permanent Middle East correspondent, under fellow Welshman, BBC Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen. He covered the 2011 Egyptian protests from within Tahrir Square.

Davies is married, with three daughters. His close friends include BBC correspondent Alan Johnston, who was kidnapped in Palestine in 2007.