Bilal Mohammad Abdullah Sharafuddin, Yemen

Bilal Mohammad Abdullah Sharafuddin was killed in Saudi-led airstrikes in Sana’a on Sept. 17, 2015. Sharafuddin was a cameraman for the Al-Masirah television channel, which is owned by the Ansar Allah, or Houthi, Shia insurgent group. He was fatally wounded while covering the aftermath of a previous Saudi air attack in the al-Jaraf district in Sana’a.

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