സിറിയന്‍ ആഭ്യന്തര യുദ്ധം: 'പുലിറ്റ്‌സര്‍' ചിത്രങ്ങളിലൂടെ...

സംസ്‌കാരങ്ങളുടെ കളിത്തൊട്ടിലായ സിറിയയില്‍ ആഭ്യന്തര കലാപം ഇനിയും കെട്ടടങ്ങിയിട്ടില്ല. 2011 മാര്‍ച്ചില്‍ ആരംഭിച്ച ആഭ്യന്തര യുദ്ധത്തില്‍ ഇതുവരെ ഒരു ലക്ഷത്തോളം പേര്‍ ബലികഴിക്കപ്പെട്ടു. നിരാലംബരായവരുടെ എണ്ണം ഇതിലേറെ വരും. രണ്ടര വര്‍ഷമായി തുടരുന്ന ആഭ്യന്തര യുദ്ധം സര്‍വനാശത്തിന്റെ വക്കിലെത്തിച്ച സിറിയയില്‍ നിന്ന് പകര്‍ത്തിയ ദൃശ്യങ്ങള്‍ക്കാണ് 2013ലെ, പരമോന്നത മാധ്യമപുരസ്‌കാരമായ പുലിറ്റ്‌സര്‍ പുരസ്‌കാരം ലഭിച്ചത്. അസോസിയേറ്റ് പ്രസ് ഫോട്ടോഗ്രാഫര്‍മാരായ റോഡ്രിഗോ അബ്ദ്, മനു ബ്രാബോ, നര്‍സിസോ കോണ്‍ട്രറാസ്, ഖലീല്‍ ഹംറ, മുഹമ്മദ് മുഹൈസെന്‍ എന്നിവര്‍ പകര്‍ത്തിയ ചിത്രങ്ങള്‍ക്കാണ് പുരസ്‌കാരം. പുരസ്‌കാരം നേടിയതും ഫൈനല്‍ റൗണ്ടിലെത്തിയുമായ ആ ചിത്രങ്ങളാണ് ഇത്തവണ മെഗാപിക്‌സലില്‍…

Oct. 3, 2012 : A Syrian man cries while holding the body of his son near Dar al-Shifa hospital in Aleppo, Syria. The boy was killed by the Syrian army.Manu Brabo / AP

Sept. 20, 2012: A wounded woman leaves Dar al-Shifa hospital in Aleppo, Syria. Manu Brabo / AP

March 8, 2012: A boy named Ahmed mourns his father, Abdulaziz Abu Ahmed Khrer, who was killed by a Syrian army sniper, during his funeral in Idlib, northern Syria. Rodrigo Abd / AP

Feb. 26, 2012: People burn portraits of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad during a demonstration against his regime on the outskirts of Idlib, northern Syria. Rodrigo Abd / AP

March 4, 2012 : A man teaches Bilal, 11, how to use a toy rocket-propelled grenade in Idlib, northern Syria. Rodrigo Abd / AP

Dec. 11, 2012: Abdullah Ahmed, 10, who suffered burns in a Syrian government airstrike and fled his home with his family, stands outside their tent at a camp for displaced Syrians in the village of Atmeh, Syria. Muhammed Muheisen / AP

Oct. 23, 2012: Displaced Syrians wait for food near an NGO kitchen in a refugee camp near Azaz, Syria. Manu Brabo / AP

March 10, 2012; A family escapes fierce fighting between Free Syrian Army fighters and government troops in Idlib, northern Syria. Rodrigo Abd / AP

Oct. 28, 2012: An apartment destroyed by tank shelling is seen in a building in the Karm al-Jabel neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria, after several days of intense clashes between rebel fighters and the Syrian army. Narciso Contreras / AP

Nov. 29, 2012: Night falls on a Syrian rebel-controlled area of Aleppo, a week after airstrikes targeted the area, which includes Dar al-Shifa hospital. Narciso Contreras / AP

Oct. 13, 2012: A man points a flashlight toward the body of a man killed by Syrian army shelling at a graveyard in Aleppo, Syria. Manu Brabo / AP

March 10, 2012: A woman named Aida cries as she recovers from severe injuries after the Syrian army shelled her house in Idlib, northern Syria. Aida’s husband and two children were killed in the attack. Rodrigo Abd / AP

Oct. 11, 2012: Blood and used medical supplies spill out of the back door of Dar al-Shifa hospital in Aleppo, Syria. Manu Brabo / AP

Aug. 6, 2012 : Mahmoud, a 21-year-old Palestinian resident of Syria who would only give his first name, rests in a field hospital after he was found shot three times in the town of Anadan, Syria. Mahmoud described being the only survivor of a massacre in which he and 10 other men were blindfolded, beaten and sprayed with bullets. Khalil Hamra / AP

Oct. 23, 2012: A man wheels a severely injured woman to a hospital for treatment after an artillery shell landed near a bakery in Aleppo, Syria. Narciso Contreras / AP

Oct. 20, 2012: A wounded man lies in the street as he tries to escape the line of fire after he was shot in the stomach by a Syrian army sniper while walking near the front line in the Bustan al-Qasr neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria. Narciso Contreras / AP

Nov. 4, 2012: A rebel fighter makes a victorious gesture after firing a shoulder-fired missile toward a building where Syrian troops loyal to President Bashar al-Assad were hiding as they attempted to gain terrain against the rebels during heavy clashes in the Jedida district of Aleppo, Syria. Narciso Contreras / AP

Oct. 29, 2012 : A rebel sniper aims at a Syrian army position as he and another rebel fighter are reflected in a mirror inside a residential building in the Jedida district of Aleppo, Syria. Narciso Contreras / AP

June 12, 2012: Free Syrian Army fighters sit in a house on the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria. Khalil Hamra / AP