Two U.S. journalists held in Libya, James Foley and Clare Morgan Gillis, received their first visit since they were detained on 5 April, AFP reported on Thursday. Members of the diplomatic corps in Tripoli met with the two on Wednesday and reportedly said that both were in good health and being taken care of. The […]

Unidentified gunmen shot and killed journalist Hilal al-Ahmadi as he was leaving his home on Thursday morning, according to news reports. Two men opened fire with a submachine gun, hitting Ahmadi several times before escaping in a car. He died instantly. The 50-year old journalist, and father of four, worked for two local weeklies in […]

UPDATE:  Journalist Muammar al-Khadir Abdul Wahid, of Eye Media News in Iraq, was killed during an assault on a government building in Tikrit, the second journalist to have lost his life in the attack, according to reports and to the news outlet’s website. On a statement on their website, the news service said: “God Almighty […]

In what seems to be a deterioration of conditions for journalists in volatile Iraq, the director of an Iraqi television station was killed in Baghdad today, according to a report from CNN.  Taha Hameed, the head of al-Massar TV, was driving with Iraqi human rights activist Abed Farhan Thiyab when they were “shot dead by […]