New York Times Reporter Dies In Syria

Anthony Shadid, center, with residents of Cairo last February. Ed Ou for The New York Times

At Work In Syria, Times Correspondent Dies -- New York Times

Anthony Shadid, a gifted newspaper correspondent whose graceful dispatches for both The New York Times and The Washington Post covered nearly two decades of Middle East conflict and turmoil, died, apparently of an asthma attack, on Thursday while on a reporting assignment in eastern Syria. Tyler Hicks, a Times photographer who was with Mr. Shadid, carried his body across the border to Turkey.

Mr. Shadid, 43, had been reporting inside Syria for a week, gathering information on the Free Syrian Army and other armed elements of the resistance to the government of President Bashar al-Assad, whose military forces have been engaged in a harsh repression of the political opposition in a conflict that is now nearly a year old.

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Update: A collection of Anthony Shadid's work and videos can be read and viewed here.

My Comment: Way to young to pass away. I have always respected his work and opinions, and was one journalist whose articles were on my "to read list". Our prayers and condolences go to his family and loved ones.