Over the course of her career as a foreign correspondent, Clarissa Ward has reported from the front lines of fighting in countries like Syria, Iraq and Ukraine. In 2014, she was blindfolded and detained by separatists in Donbas,

Chief International Correspondent Clarissa Ward, 44, recounted in an op-ed for CNN published Wednesday how she and her crew were detained by a militia just hours after arriving earlier this month in North Darfur.

CNN journalist Clarissa Ward and her team were held captive by a local militia in Sudan for two days. They were taken in North Darfur, a conflict hotspot, after being suspected of espionage. Ward, CNN's Chief International Correspondent,