(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - The details of the Saturday incident are yet to come out as fierce battles continue to rage on in Syria between government forces and militants. The journalists working in Syria have been targeted by militants during the unrest in the Arab country several times. In September, militants attacked Press TV staff in Damascus, killing Maya Naser, correspondent for the Iranian English-language news network, and injuring Press TV and Al-Alam Damascus Bureau Chief, Hosein Mortada. Naser was shot and killed by a sniper, while Mortada, a Lebanese national, was shot and wounded in the back. The two were covering twin bomb blasts, which had targeted the military command building in the Syrian capital and killed at least four Syrian security forces. Syria has been the scene of deadly unrest since mid-March, 2011 and many people, including large numbers of Army and security personnel, have been killed in the violence. The country says that the chaos is being orchestrated from outside its borders, and there are reports that a large number of militants are foreign nationals. End item/ 149
21 December 2012 - 20:30
News ID: 374491
Armed men have killed a Syrian television cameraman, named as Sumudi, during an attack in Damascus.
