Check out "Anthony Shadid, The Middle East's Great Voice of Reason Dies," and France24 video on Iran, etc.

The Daily Beast: Anthony Shadid, The Middle East's Great Voice of Reason Dies, 18 February 2012
Anthony Shadid was one of the great rational voices in the maelstrom of hate that is the Middle East. Christopher Dickey on his tragic passing.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/02/18/anthony-shadid-the-middle-east-s-great-voice-of-reason-dies.html

France 24 Video: The World This Week, 17 February 2010
Talking about Libya, Syria, Iran, Israel's game of chicken with Tehran and DC, and the death of Anthony Shadid.

Hosted by François Picard, with other panelists Ed Cody of The Washington Post, Marjorie Paillard of France 24, and Charles Onyango-Obbo of The Nation in Nairobi.
http://www.france24.com/en/20120217-part-1-syria-bashar-assad-uprising-activist-france-sarkozy-mitlitia-intervention