The International Press Institute (IPI) today expressed outrage at the beheading of freelance American journalist Steven Sotloff by a militant affiliated with the Islamic State. “There are no words to truly express the shock, sadness and outrage we feel over the reports of the brutal murder of Mr. Sotloff,” IPI Executive Director Alison Bethel McKenzie […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today condemned the apparent murder of freelance American photojournalist James Foley by militants seeking to carve out an Islamic state in Iraq and Syria. A video posted online yesterday purported to depict an extremist from the Islamic State beheading Foley, who disappeared in Syria in November 2012 while reporting on […]

As the uprising against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad turned into a nationwide civil war in 2011, a group of university students gathered in a friend’s basement in Aleppo to write articles and design the cover of their new magazine, Rebel. The Syrian revolution was becoming increasingly violent, but the danger didn’t stop the students in […]

Arta FM announced today that local authorities lifted a ban on news broadcasts and would resume regular programming, a day after the International Press Institute (IPI) protested unexplained restrictions placed on the community radio station in northern Syria [see statement below]. “The international attention was very important and helpful [and] made clear that ARTA FM […]