Raed Fares, a radio journalist and host, was killed in the north-western town of Kafranbel in the province of Idlib. He was shot dead by gunmen. Four years ago, two gunmen for the Islamic State (IS) militant group shattered several bones and punctured his lung in a failed attempt to silence Fares.
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