“I’m very sorry to see her go, but I’ve come to accept that this is the right time for her,” CNN chairman Mark Thompson said in a statement

Longtime CNN anchor Christiane Amanpour will be leaving CNN after 43 years at the network.

Amanpour began working for CNN in 1983 as an assistant on the international news desk, and went on to become one of the network's best-known correspondents, often reporting on conflicts and wars.