Mona Ziade, who helped shape the AP's Middle East coverage in the 1980s and '90s, dies at age 65

Lebanon Ziade Obit - (Hasan Mroue)

Mona Ziade, who covered major events out of the Middle East during the 1980s and '90s for The Associated Press, including the taking of Western hostages during Lebanon’s civil war and Arab-Israeli peace talks, died Tuesday. She was 65.

Ziade died at her home in Beirut from complications of lung cancer after undergoing treatment for months, her daughter, Tamara Blanche, said.