We at the Institute for War & Peace Reporting are devastated to announce the death of our country director in Iraq, Jacky Sutton.

Jacky, who was 50, was found dead at Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport on October 17. She had flown from London to take an onward flight to her base in Erbil in the Kurdish Region of Iraq.

The circumstances of her death are unclear, and we are trying to establish the facts.