Valentin Areh

Valentin Areh (born August 22, 1971) is a Slovenian journalist, who currently works for several international media. Born in the Slovenian capital Ljubljana, he was a soldier in the independence war in Slovenia (1991). He is a Slovenian war correspondent with fifteen years of experience in places such as Croatia, Bosnia, Kosovo, Chechnya, Afghanistan and Iraq. Areh was one of the few journalists to remain in Kosovo during the Kosovo War of 1999 and he survived a tortuous escape out of the country during NATO’s war to expel Serbian forces. He has worked with AP, Reuters, Italia Uno, Media set, 24ur and he is the author of several books.

Bibliography

Areh has written several books, including:
*Afghanistan: Stories of War Correspondent (2002);
*Saddam Hussein al Tikriti (2004);
*Blood in the Desert Sand (2004).