Ahmed al-Hamzi, Yemen

Ahmed al-Hamzi, director of SABA news agency in Al Bayad region of Yemen was killed on August 30 in an artillery shelling by Houthi rebels. In July, al-Hamzi had sustained moderate injuries after having been shot by Houthi fighters while covering clashes in Al-Bayda’s Horan district.

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