The International Press Institute (IPI) today condemned the continued attacks against citizen reporters in Syria by forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad. On May 27, three citizen reporters of the Shaam News Network were killed by security forces in the Al-Khalidiya neighborhood in Homs, according to Massoud Akko of the Syrian Centre for Media and […]

The bodies of two Iraqi journalists, Ali Juburi al-Kaabi and Falah Taha who were killed in Damascus on Saturday were handed over across the Syrian border with Iraq on Monday, according to news reports. “The (Syrian) intelligence and police handed them over with the medical report of the hospital to al-Waleed outpost today (Monday),” Colonel […]

Three more media workers lost their lives in Syria this week, according to reports. The International Press Institute (IPI) condemned the killings, and called on all sides to respect the role of journalists in covering the conflict. On Wednesday, Sep. 26, Press TV correspondent Maya Naser, 32, was killed by a sniper in Damascus while […]

The number of deaths of journalists in an already-record-breaking year continued to inch higher over the last week, as one journalist was killed by reported rebels in Syria and another shot dead by police amid anti-rape protests in India. The International Press Institute (IPI)’s Death Watch stood at 132 following Sunday’s death of Indian journalist […]