Yves Debay

Yves Debay
Debay in Afghanistan in 2005
Born(1954-12-24)24 December 1954
Élisabethville, Belgian Congo
(modern-day Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Died17 January 2013(2013-01-17) (aged 58)
Aleppo, Syria
Cause of deathSniper fire
NationalityBelgian
French[1]
Occupation(s)Publisher, editor and journalist who specialized in military and war
Years active1986-2013
Organization(s)Assaut, Raids
Known forwar reporting
Websitewww.assaut.fr/assaut.html

Yves Debay (24 December 1954 – 17 January 2013), was a veteran French-Belgian war correspondent, who founded and reported for the French-language magazines Raids and later Assaut (Translation: Assault), which is published out of Boulogne-Billancourt, Paris, France. He was the first Belgian journalist to be killed in Syria.[1][2][3][4]

  1. ^ a b Sterling, Joe (18 January 2013). "Journalist killed in Syria". CNN International. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  2. ^ Jaulmes, Adrien (18 January 2013). "Syrie: un reporter français tué à Alep". Le Figaro. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  3. ^ "Le journaliste franco-belge Yves Debay tué à Alep". France 24. 18 January 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  4. ^ Accessed 18 May 2021 https://www.vdc-sy.info/index.php/en/details/martyrs/53852#.YKPqsqhKgTc