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Syrian photojournalist al-Yousef killed as forces shell southern Idlib
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At the time of the attack, al-Yousef was covering Russian airstrikes and Syrian Army artillery shelling, al-Doghaim, who works for the pro-opposition broadcaster Syria TV, told CPJ.
A media activist named Mohammad Adel Belilou was cited by the Syrian Journalists’ Association as saying that al-Yousef was hit by shrapnel in the head and the abdomen, and died instantly. A Facebook post from the Kafr Rumah Media Office said that at least six other civilians, including three children, were killed in the shelling.
Al-Yousef worked on a volunteer basis for the Kafr Rumah Media Office and he covered airstrikes and bombings, human interest stories, and life in the camps of internally displaced Syrians, al-Doghaim told CPJ.
On the day of the attack, al-Yousef was helping al-Doghaim prepare reports for Syria TV. “I waited until the shelling stopped to go to the targeted area to document the victims, but I didn’t know he was among them. I saw him in an ambulance of the rescue teams and he was dead,” al-Doghaim said.
Mostafa Hammade, a journalist at the Kafr Rumah Media Office, told CPJ via messaging app on November 11 that, in addition to documenting victims of the attacks by Al-Assad aligned forces on Kafr Rumah, Al-Yousef also covered politics and sports events.
The Syrian Defense Ministry did not reply to CPJ’s emailed request for comment in November 2019.
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