The late Irish-British journalist Gareth Smyth - in pictures

Gareth Smyth outside Teheran, in January 2004 Photo: Jim Muir
Gareth Smyth outside Teheran, in January 2004 Photo: Jim Muir
Gareth Smyth with late Lebanese poet Jawdat Haidar in Baalbek, Lebanon, 1997. Photo: Khaled Yacoub Oweis
Gareth Smyth with late Lebanese poet Jawdat Haidar in Baalbek, Lebanon, 1997. Photo: Khaled Yacoub Oweis
Gareth Smyth in Ireland in 2018. Photo: Zeinab Charafeddine
Gareth Smyth in Ireland in 2018. Photo: Zeinab Charafeddine
Irish-British journalist Gareth Smyth at a cemetery in Belfast in 2012. Photo: Khaled Yacoub Oweis
Irish-British journalist Gareth Smyth at a cemetery in Belfast in 2012. Photo: Khaled Yacoub Oweis
Gareth Smyth at his ancestral home in County Monaghan, Ireland, in the early 2000s. Photo: Zeinab Charafeddine
Gareth Smyth at his ancestral home in County Monaghan, Ireland, in the early 2000s. Photo: Zeinab Charafeddine
Gareth Smyth getting a hair cut in Beirut 1998. Photo: Khaled Yacoub Oweis
Gareth Smyth getting a hair cut in Beirut 1998. Photo: Khaled Yacoub Oweis
Gareth Smyth in the Chouf Mountains, Lebanon 1997. Photo: Khaled Yacoub Oweis
Gareth Smyth in the Chouf Mountains, Lebanon 1997. Photo: Khaled Yacoub Oweis
Gareth Smyth (C) in Shtoura, Bekaa Valley, Lebanon 1997. Photo: Khaled Yacoub Oweis
Gareth Smyth (C) in Shtoura, Bekaa Valley, Lebanon 1997. Photo: Khaled Yacoub Oweis
Gareth Smyth, his partner Zeinab Charefeddine and her son Nader Diab in Beirut in the late 1990s. The National.
Gareth Smyth, his partner Zeinab Charefeddine and her son Nader Diab in Beirut in the late 1990s. The National.
Gareth Smyth, his partner Zeinab Charefeddine and her son Nader Diab, in Beirut, the late 1990s. The National
Gareth Smyth, his partner Zeinab Charefeddine and her son Nader Diab, in Beirut, the late 1990s. The National

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