Ammar al-Shami, Syria

Ammar al-Shami died on May 31, 2015 in the Marj al-Sultan village, east of Damascus, when he was caught in a government air strike. Al-Shami, a correspondent for independent regional news website Qasioun News, was reportedly covering clashes between government and opposition forces at the time of his death.

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