500m children 'at risk of effects of malnutrition'

New York Times correspondent Anthony Shadid, who twice won the Pulitzer Prize, has died on assignment in Syria. 

The 43-year-old is believed to have suffered an asthma attack triggered by an allergic reaction.

An American of Lebanese descent, Mr Shadid covered the US invasion of Iraq and its aftermath for the Washington Post newspaper.

He won his Pulitzers in 2004 and 2010, and was nominated for his coverage of the Arab uprisings in 2011.

Mr Shadid, a fluent Arabic speaker, was one of three NYT journalists who were held for more than a week by the Gaddafi government in Libya during the uprising there in March last year.      Read Here