While working for the Post, Farah served as bureau chief of Central American and the Caribbean until 1997, international investigative reporter between 1998 and 2000, and of West Africa between 2000 and 2003.

During this time he worked for United Press International, and upon graduation he was named UPI bureau chief in El Salvador, a position he held until 1987.

[8] In 1988 Farah was the recipient of the Sigma Delta Chi Distinguished Service Award for Foreign Correspondence, for a series of articles he wrote on death squads in El Salvador for The Washington Post.

[2] He reported on many different international affairs issues and civil war conflicts, including the economic reforms in Cuba,[9] the inflation of extreme corruption among public officials as well as the civil war in Sierre Leone,[10][11] the military dictatorship in Haiti,[12][13] the Aristide and Preval era in Haiti,[14][15][16] dictator Charles Taylor and his ties in the blood diamond trade to al Qaeda terrorists,[17] American sanctions against Libya,[18] US military involvement in Colombia,[19] and Russian organized crime.

[2] Farah is an occasional contributor to Foreign Policy, covering issues including Hugo Chavez in Venezuela[21] and Muammar Gaddafi in Libya.

[2] The book also covered the story of how Farah had to leave the region due to death-threats and was welcomed back to America by a CIA embarrassed by the fact they knew nothing of his discovery.

The book explains how the revelation of international affairs material unknown to the governments of the countries involved led to him being attacked by numerous intelligence services.

[27] Publishers Weekly wrote that, "The authors paint a depressing picture of an avalanche of war-making material pouring into poor, violence-wracked nations despite well-publicized U.N.

[34] On July 7, 2011, Farah testified before the House Committee on Homeland Security Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence on the subject of "Hezbollah in Latin America: Implications for U.S.