The Briefing Room
General Category => World News => Topic started by: EC on May 27, 2013, 10:45:38 am
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Via Reuters: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/27/us-syria-crisis-journalist-idUSBRE94Q06W20130527
(Reuters) - Sniper fire killed a well-known Syrian journalist working for a pro-government television channel near the Lebanese-Syrian border on Monday, the state news agency said.
Yara Abbas, a reporter for the al-Ikhbariya news channel, was killed near Debaa airport in Homs province. Forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad there have been trying to recapture the base from the rebels seeking to oust him.
Syria TV said Abbas, in her mid-twenties, was targeted by "terrorists", the term commonly used by Assad supporters to describe the rebels.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a pro-opposition monitoring group, said several members of her television team were also wounded in the attack.
Abbas was a common sight for Syrian television viewers. She frequently reported alongside Assad's forces from the frontline of Syria's two-year conflict.
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I know no one is fond of the media, but they do pay a heavy price sometimes for reporting.