Molhem Barakat
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Molhem Barakat (8 March 1995 in Aleppo – 20 December 2013 in Aleppo){{cite web|title=Molhem Barakat|url=http://www.thebaron.info/people/memorial-book/molhem-barakat|website=The Baron|accessdate=14 December 2016}} was a Syrian photojournalist who covered the Syrian Civil War for Reuters. He was killed in 2013 during the Battle of Aleppo.
Career
Barakat began working as a photojournalist for the Reuters news agency in May 2013.{{Cite web |title=Teenage photographer killed in Syria |first=Harriet |last=Alexander |work=Telegraph.co.uk |date=23 December 2013 |accessdate=2014-09-10 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/10535353/Teenage-photographer-killed-in-Syria.html }}{{Cite web |title=Haunting pictures by teenage photographer killed covering Syrian civil war in Aleppo |last=Best | first=Jessica |work=The Daily Mirror |date=2013-12-22 |accessdate=2014-09-10 |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/molhem-barakat-killed-teenage-photographer-2952893 }}{{Cite web |title=Reuters Scrutinized After Death Of Teenage Photographer In Syria |work=The Huffington Post |date=2013-12-23 |accessdate=2014-09-10 |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/23/reuters-molhem-barakat-dead-syria-age_n_4492790.html }} His age in December of that year is quoted as 17 or 18, possibly making him a minor at the time.{{Cite web |title=Syria mosque shelling kills cleric; Aleppo rebels advance |work=The Japan Times |date=2013-12-21 |accessdate=2014-09-10 |url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/21/world/syria-mosque-shelling-kills-cleric-aleppo-rebels-advance/#.VBB2CRbzzEu }}{{Cite web |title=Teen photographer killed while covering civil war in Syria |work=New York Daily News |date=2013-12-21 |accessdate=2014-09-10 |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/photographer-killed-covering-syrian-civil-war-article-1.1555082 }}
Death
Barakat was killed on 20 December 2013 during the battle to control the al-Kindi Hospital in Aleppo, alongside his brother, a Syrian rebel.{{cite news|last=Jacobs|first=Harrison|title=11 Intense Syria Photos From The 18-Year-Old Photojournalist Who Died In Action|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/molhem-barakats-syrian-war-photos-2014-1|accessdate=9 January 2014|newspaper=Business Insider|date=8 January 2014}}{{Cite news |title=The Syrian conflict through the eyes of a slain photographer |newspaper=Washington Post |accessdate=2014-09-10 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the-syrian-conflict-through-the-eyes-of-a-slain-photographer/2013/12/23/207afbd0-6bed-11e3-b405-7e360f7e9fd2_gallery.html }}{{Cite web |title=Teenage photographer Molhem Barakat killed covering Syrian civil war for Reuters |first=Lizzie |last=Dearden |work=The Independent |date=2013-12-23 |accessdate=2014-09-10 |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/teenage-photographer-molhem-barakat-killed-covering-syrian-civil-war-for-reuters-9023122.html}} Reuters was widely criticized for sending an "inexperienced teenager" into a war zone.{{cite news|last=Kenner|first=David|title=The Controversial Death of a Teenage Stringer|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/01/07/the_stringer_molhem_barakat_reuters_syria|accessdate=10 January 2014|newspaper=Foreign Policy Magazine|date=7 January 2014}} A photograph of Barakat's bloodstained camera was distributed by the Aleppo Media Center.
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