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02:51 a. M.
Monday 02 November 2020
Veteran British foreign correspondent Robert Fisk died at the age of 74 after suffering a stroke.
According to The Guardian newspaper, the journalist and writer was transferred to St. Vincent Hospital in Dublin after suffering a stroke.
A source from the “Independent”, where Fisk works as a correspondent in the Middle East, confirmed his death.
Fisk was taken to the hospital after suffering a stroke, according to an Irish Times report.
Britain’s most famous
The New York Times described him in 2005 as “perhaps Britain’s most famous foreign correspondent.”
Fisk has won several prestigious awards throughout his career for his coverage of the Middle East, according to The Guardian. This included the Orwell Journalism Prize and several British Journalism Awards won in the categories of Global Correspondent of the Year and Foreign Reporter of the Year.
After starting his career on the Sunday Express, Fisk moved to The Times, where he worked from 1972 to 1975 as a reporter for the Belfast newspaper at the height of Northern Ireland’s troubles.
In 1976 he moved to Beirut, where he began his career as a Middle East correspondent. He has covered the Lebanese Civil War, the Iranian Revolution, the Iran-Iraq War, and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
He joined The Independent in 1989 and worked as a correspondent in the region until his death, covering events such as Saddam Hussein’s invasion of Kuwait and the recent wars in Syria. He also wrote about the wars in Bosnia and Kosovo in the former Yugoslavia.
Fisk is fluent in Arabic and was one of the few Western journalists to interview al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, which he did three times during the 1990s.
He was a controversial figure, known for his criticism of the United States.
In the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks, he faced a backlash after being asked what had motivated those responsible for the attacks.
Fisk has also written books on Northern Ireland and the Middle East, and is the author of numerous books.
Fisk had ties to Ireland dating back to his reporting period during the riots, after which he completed his Ph.D. at Trinity College.
Among other honorary titles and awards, the Trinity College Dublin Historic Society awarded him the Gold Medal in 2009.
