Claude Salhani | |
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| Born | March 25, 1952 |
| Died | August 13, 2022 (aged 70) Paris, France |
| Occupation(s) | Photographer, journalist, editor, author |
| Years active | 1981–2022 |
| Employer(s) | Sygma, UPI, Reuters, Sipa Press |
| Known for | Pulitzer Prize-nominated photos of the 1983 bombing on USMC HQ Beirut |
Claude Salhani (March 25, 1952 – August 13, 2022) was born in Cairo. He was a Lebanese, French & American photographer for United Press International (UPI) and Reuters news agencies, later head of UPI Photos and UPI Foreign Desk Editor as well as policy expert and author, best known for his photographic reportage of the 23 October 1983 Beirut barracks bombings on the United States Marines.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] During his journalism career, Salhani covered Black September, the Lebanon Civil War, the Turkish invasion of Cyprus, the Dhofar War (Oman), the Iran-Iraq War, the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon, the 1979 Iranian Revolution, the Gulf War, the Fall of the Berlin Wall, the Czech Velvet Revolution, and the Iraq War (Operation Enduring Freedom) as well as the wider Middle East, Europe, and Africa.[1][3][6]
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