Their names were Issa, Ahmed and Sheik Mahmoud Qasim. They were fathers and brothers. A student, a teacher and a laborer. One moment they were manning their post on the Free Syrian Army frontline in Aleppo. An instant later, their lives were swept away by tank fire. But in Syria there is no time to mourn. The survivors washed away the blood and flesh in a heartbreaking clean up. New fighters came to take their posts and the battle continued.
I have worked as a multimedia journalist in Australia, the Middle East and Asia covering conflict, politics and human rights violations since 2005. My articles, photographs and videos have been published globally, receiving 18 international awards. I reported exclusively on Gaddafi’s capture and death in Libya which sparked a UN inquiry, broke news of the Yazidi crisis in Iraq as Islamic State attacked, killed and kidnapped them and gained wide acclaim for my photography in war-torn Syria.
