Ali Yousef Dasho, Syria

Lebanese reporter Ali Yousef Dasho was killed on Feb. 5, 2016 while covering operations by forces loyal to the government of Bashar al-Assad in northern Aleppo, the Syrian Arab News Agency reported. A source within Hezbollah reportedly told RIA Novosti that Dasho died when someone fired on him with an assault rifle.

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