Journalistic toll rises in Syria

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The media toll in Syria continued last week with the deaths of at least seven journalists. State TV journalist Bassel Tawfiq Youssef was killed on 21 November in Damascus. He was shot by rebels who accused him of belonging to a pro-government militia.

Citizen journalist Hozan Abdel Halim Mahmoud was killed while filming clashes between the rebels and a Kurdish militia in the northeastern province of Al-Hasaka on 20 November.

The day before, Abed Khalil, a journalist who was also president of the Kurdish municipal council in Ras Al-Ain, was killed by a sniper.

Mohammed Al-Khalid, a citizen journalist from Homs, was executed in Aleppo on 18 November for repeatedly criticising the actions of a state militia.

Abdullah Hassan Kaake, a citizen journalist, died under torture by military intelligence in Aleppo on 17 November. Two of his brothers – Abdel Ghani, another citizen-journalist, and Ahmed Kaake – were previously killed.

Two other citizen journalists were killed by shells. Mohammad Al-Zaher, also known as Abu Nasser Na'imi, was killed during shelling of the Damascus suburb of Al-Buaida on 19 November; Mustafa Kerman was fatally injured during shelling of the Aleppo district of Al-Bustan Al-Qassir on 16 November.

<em>Source:</em> Reporters Without Borders