Since February 28 and the American-Israeli offensive in Iranthe war in the Middle East occupies a major part of the airtime of 24-hour news channels and the front pages of national sites and newspapers. But reporting on this war is a difficult exercise for journalists who must overcome a series of obstacles to try to report the events.
A multidimensional conflict extended to several countries
Unlike the war in Ukraine, the conflict in Iran quickly spread to several countries in the Middle East, some of which temporarily closed their airspaces, which complicated things for editorial staff. In order to get to Erbil, in Iraq, the BFM-TV teams drove around fifteen hours from Istanbul, in Türkiye. “I don’t remember a conflict as complex to cover, both in terms of its geographical extent, its multidimensional aspect and the consequences that result from this event”confirms Mehdi Lebouachera, central editor-in-chief of Agence France-Presse (AFP), himself sent to the field during the war in Iraq in 2003.
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