Photographer Anas Alkharboutli
He captured the Syrian war in pictures and was killed. His last photos
Anas Alkharboutli was also killed in an air strike on the rebel alliance that overthrew the Assad regime. The photojournalist worked for the German Press Agency.
His pictures went around the world: In recent weeks, photographer Anas Alkharboutli reported on the advance of the rebel alliance Haiat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS). His pictures were published by the German Press Agency. On the morning of December 4, Alkharboutli was killed in an airstrike near the city of Hama, suspected to have been carried out by the Syrian-Russian military alliance. He was 32 years old.
With his work, the photographer managed to capture the complex stories of a country torn apart by civil war in touching images, writes the German Press Agency in a statement. The team is incredibly sad about the death of Anas Alkharboutli. Editor-in-chief Sven Gösmann says: “His journalistic legacy is an obligation to us. With his pictures he not only documented the horrors of war, he always worked for the truth.”
Alkharboutli was buried in Idlib.
Source: Stern
I have been working in the news industry for over 6 years, first as a reporter and now as an editor. I have covered politics extensively, and my work has appeared in major newspapers and online news outlets around the world. In addition to my writing, I also contribute regularly to 24 Hours World.
