List of journalists killed during the Syrian Civil War
Professional or citizen journalists/media activists killed in Syria

List of journalists killed during the Syrian Civil War

Section Title: Professional or citizen journalists/media activists killed in Syria
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Date	Name	Location	Notes	Refs

12 November 2016	Mohsen Khazaei	Minyan district, Aleppo	Iranian reporter for IRIB and his cameraman injured

23 October 2016	Eylül Nûhilat	Shehba	While accompanying fighters of Shehba Women Protection Front, the Syrian Kurdish YPJ press office journalist was killed during the artillery attacks of the Turkish army on Shehba region.

13 October 2016	Patryk Skolak	Aleppo	Polish freelance journalist

18 July 2016	Mustafa Mohammed	Manbij, Aleppo Governorate	The Syrian Kurdish journalist for Ronahi TV, died in Qamishli from injuries sustained while covering the fighting in Manbij

11 July 2016	Ibrahim Al-Omar	Idlib	Syrian reporter for Al-Jazeera

24 June 2016	Khaled Al-Issa	Aleppo (wounded in Syria and pronounced dead in Antakya, Turkey)	Known for being the fellow journalist of Hadi Al-Abdullah

31 January 2015	Kenji Goto Jogo	Unknown (ISIL)	Japanese freelance video journalist

25 September 2014	Unidentified member of Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently	Raqqa	Name withheld for security reasons; date is reported date

10 September 2014	Mohamed Al Qasim	Idlib	Reporter for Syrian radio station Rozana

2 September 2014	Steven Joel Sotloff	Unknown (ISIL)	American freelance photographer

19 August 2014	James Wright Foley	Unknown (ISIL)	American freelance photographer

27 May 2013	Yara Abbas	Homs (Dabaa airport)	Reporter for Syrian News Channel (al-Ikhbariyah)

1 April 2013	Abdul Raheem Kour Hassan	Damascus	Radio director for Watan FM

15 March 2013	Ahmed Khaled Shehadeh	Damascus (Daraya)	Editor-in-chief at the newspaper Anab Balady

10 March 2013	Ghaith Abd al-Jawad	Damascus	Citizen journalist working for the Qaboun Media Center

10 March 2013	Amr Badir al-Deen Junaid (aka Abu Ameer)	Damascus	Citizen journalist working for the Qaboun Media Center

3 March 2013	Walid Jamil Amira	Damascus	Citizen journalist working for the Jobar Media Center

25 February 2013	Wael Abdul Aziz	Homs (Baba Amr)	Citizen journalist

24 February 2013	Olivier Voisin	Idlib Governorate (wounded in Syria and died in Turkey)	French freelance photographer; injured near Idlib, died in Turkey

19 February 2013	Adnan Abu Abdo	Daraa	Citizen journalist

17 February 2013	Mohamed Mohamed	Damascus	Citizen journalist

17 February 2013	Mohammed Saeed Al-Hamwi	Damascus (Qaboun)	Citizen journalist

15 February 2013	Yousef Adel Bakri	Aleppo	Citizen journalist with the Aleppo News Network

12 February 2013	Hamada Abdel-Salam Al-Khatib	Homs	Citizen journalist

11 February 2013	Zaid Abu Obeida	Damascus	Citizen journalist

6 February 2013	Mohammed Kurdi	Damascus	Citizen journalist

3 February 2013	Abdul Latif Khalil Khuder	Damascus	Citizen journalist

2 February 2013	Nabil Al-Nabulsi	Daraa Izra	Citizen journalist

24 January 2013	Mohamed Abd Al-Rahman	Damascus	Sports journalist for pro-government news website Syria News

18 January 2013	Mohammed al-Masalmeh, a.k.a. Mohamed al-Hourani	Basri Al-Hariri, Daraa Governorate	Al Jazeera TV reporter

18 January 2013	Amjed Al-Sayoufi	Saqba (east of Damascus)	Citizen journalist

18 January 2013	Hossein Al-Qadri	Saqba (east of Damascus)	Citizen journalist

17 January 2013	Yves Debay	Aleppo	French-Belgian journalist for Assaut (French magazine)

15 January 2013	Ahmed Assaad Al-Shahab	Homs	Citizen journalist who was executed in a beheading by Syrian forces

13 January 2013	Bassem Fawaz Al-Za'bi	Tafas (near Deraa)	Citizen journalist

4 January 2013	Suhail Mahmoud Al-Ali	Damascus or Aleppo	Addounia TV

22 December 2012	Haidar Smoudi (also transliterated al-Sumudi)	Damascus	Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA)

12 December 2012	Anmar Yassin Mohammad	Damascus (Mezzeh)	pro-gov Syrian News Center

6 December 2012	Mohamed Khair Sheikh Qwaider	Arbin (east of Damascus)	Citizen journalist

4 December 2012	Naji Assaad	Damascus (Tadamon)	Tishreen

30 November 2012	Marwan Hamid Charbaji	Damascus (Daraya)	Citizen journalist

29 November 2012	Mohammad Koraytem	Damascus (Daraya)	Citizen journalist

25 November 2012	Mohamed al-Khal	Deir ez-Zor	Shaam News Network

21 November 2012	Basel Tawfiq Yussif	Damascus (Tadamon)	Journalist for Syria's Public Authority for Radio and Television (Syrian state TV)

20 November 2012	Huzan Abdul Halim Mahmoud	Al-Hasaka (Ras al-Ayn)	Citizen journalist

19 November 2012	Mohammed Al-Zaheer Al-Naimi	Damasacus (Al-Bouaida)	Citizen journalist

18 November 2012	Mohammed Al-Khalid	Aleppo	Media activist executed by the Free Syria Army

17 November 2012	Abdullah Hassan Kaaka	Unknown	Citizen journalist tortured by the government

16 November 2012	Mustafa Kerman	Aleppo	Citizen journalist

5 November 2012	Samer Khrayshi	Arbin (east of Damascus)	Citizen journalist

2 November 2012	Hassan Haidar Al Sheikh Hammoud	Homs	Citizen journalist

1 November 2012	Mohammad Khalil Al-Wakaa	Deir ez-Zor	Citizen journalist

23 October 2012	Anas Al-Ahmed	Unknown	Citizen journalist

20 October 2012	Omar Abdul Razik Lattouf	Aleppo	Citizen journalist

20 October 2012	Mohammed Jumaa Abdul Karim Lattouf	Aleppo	Citizen journalist

10 October 2012	Mohammad Al-Ashram	Deir ez-Zor	Syrian News Channel (Al-Ikhbariyah TV)

3 October 2012	Mona Bakkour	Aleppo (Saadallah Al-Jabri Square)	Thawra

2 October 2012	Ahmed Ali Saada	Damascus	Citizen journalist and worked for the Syrian National Council

27 September 2012	Mohamad Fayad Askar	Deir ez-Zor (Al Kousour)	Citizen journalist

26 September 2012	Abdul Aziz Ragheb Al-Sheikh	Deir ez-Zor (Al Jabla)	Citizen journalist for Shaam News Network

19 September 2012	Abdul Kareem Al Okdah	Hama	Citizen journalist for Shaam News Network

9 September 2012	Tamer Al-Awam	Aleppo	Freelance filmmaker

6 September 2012	Anas Al-Abdullah	Damascus	Citizen journalist

6 September 2012	Tahseen Al-Toum	Damascus	Citizen journalist

6 September 2012	Nawaf Al-Hindi	Damascus	Citizen journalist

4 September 2012	Mohamed Badeer Al-Qasim	Homs	Citizen journalist who started a media center in Deir ez-Zor

22 August 2012	Maya Nasser	Damascus	Press TV (Iran)

22 August 2012	Omar Hamed al Zanil (also transliterated Omar Al Hamed Al-Zamel)	Al-Hirak, Izra' District, Daraa Governorate	Citizen journalist

22 August 2012	Musab al-Odallah	Naher Aisha, Damascus	Tishreen

20 August 2012	Mika Yamamoto	Aleppo	Japanese reporter for Japan Press

11 August 2012	Ali Abbas	Jdaidet Artouz (town), southwest of Damascus	Journalist for SANA who was killed at his home

11 August 2012	Bara'a Yusuf al-Bushi	Al-Tall	Citizen journalist

10 August 2012	Hatem Abu Yehya	Al-Tall	Syrian News Channel (Al-Ikhbariyah TV)

3 August 2012	Mohammed al-Saeed	Jdaidet Artouz, southwest of Damascus	SANA TV presenter who was kidnapped and executed

3 August 2012	Ahmad Salam	Damascus	Citizen journalist

3 August 2012	Zuhair Muhammed Al-Shaher	Deir ez-Zor	Citizen journalist

22 July 2012	Mahmoud Sudqi	Idlib Governorate	Citizen journalist

19 July 2012	Mohamed al-Husni	Al-Qusayr, Homs Governorate	Citizen journalist and director of the Media Centre in Al Qusour

18 July 2012	Ali Juburi al-Kaabi	Damascus	Iraqi journalist working for Al Roaa (Iraq)

18 July 2012	Falah Taha (Iraqi)	Damascus	Iraqi journalist working for Al Roaa (Iraq)

12 July 2012	Ihsan al Buni (also transliterated Ihssan Al-Binni)	Damascus (Daraya)	Al-Thawra

4 July 2012	Suhaib Dib	Damascus	Citizen journalist

4 July 2012	Alaa Umar Jumaa	Kansaba	Citizen journalist

2 July 2012	Mohamed Hamdo Hallaq	Azaz (near Aleppo)	Citizen journalist

28 June 2012	Mohammed Ali Al Haymad	Damascus (Daraya)	Citizen journalist

28 June 2012	Samer Khalil Al-Sataleh (Al-Salta), aka Abou Yasser	Damscus (Douma)	Citizen journalist

27 June 2012	Mohammad Shamma	Damascus (Drousha)	Syrian News Channel (Al-Ikhbariyah TV)

27 June 2012	Zaid Kahel	Damascus (Drousha)	Syrian News Channel (Al-Ikhbariyah TV)

27 June 2012	Sami Abu Amin	Damascus (Drousha)	Syrian News Channel (Al-Ikhbariyah TV)

26 June 2012	Wael Omar Barad	Jarjaraz	Citizen journalist

25 June 2012	Ghias Khaled Al-Hmouria	Damscus (Douma)	Citizen journalist

21 June 2012	Hamza Mahmoud Othman	Homs	Citizen journalist

21 June 2012	Omar Al-Ghantawi	Homs	Citizen journalist

16 June 2012	Ahmed Hamada	Homs (Baba Amr)	Citizen journalist

15 June 2012	Bassim Barakat Darwish	Al-Rastan, Homs Governorate	Citizen journalist & founder of the Rastan Media Center

13 June 2012	Ayham Youssef Al Hariri	Houran	Citizen journalist

10 June 2012	Khaled Al-Bakir (Al-Bakr)	Al-Qusayr, Homs Governorate	Citizen journalist & founder of Alaasi Revolution News Network

31 May 2012	Abdulhameed Idriss Matar	Al-Qusayr, Homs Governorate	Citizen journalist

28 May 2012	Bassel Shehadeh	Homs	Citizen journalist

28 May 2012	Ahmed Al Assam	Homs	Citizen journalist

27 May 2012	Ammar Mohamed Zado (also transliterated Amar Mohamed Souheil Zada)	Damascus (Al-Midan)	director of Shaam News Network

27 May 2012	Ahmed Adnan Al-Ashlaq	Damascus (Al-Midan)	Shaam News Network

27 May 2012	Lawrence Fahmy Al-Naimi	Damascus (Al-Midan)	Shaam News Network

17 May 2012	Hasan Azhari	Lattakia	Citizen journalist who was arrested, tortured, and killed in Damascus at The Military Security prison (Branch 215)

4 May 2012	Abdul Ghani Kaakeh	Aleppo (Salah Al-Din)	Citizen journalist

17 April 2012	Khaled Mahmoud Kabbisho	Idlib	Citizen journalist

17 April 2012	Alaa al-Din Hassan al-Douri	Hama Governorate	Citizen journalist

14 April 2012	Sameer Shalab al-Sham	Homs	Citizen journalist

14 April 2012	Ahmed Abdollah Fakhriyeh	Dumeir (northeast of Damascus), Rif Dimashq Governorate	Citizen journalist

6 April 2012	Anas Al-Houlani	Homs	Citizen journalist

29 March 2012	Ahmed Mohamed Djibril	Idlib	Citizen journalist who was 17 years old at the time he was shot and killed

26 March 2012	Walid Bledi	Darkush (near the Turkish border)	Algerian-British freelance journalist

26 March 2012	Naseem Intriri	Darkush (near the Turkish border)	Algerian-French freelance journalist

26 March 2012	Jawan Mohammed Qatna	Al-Hasakeh (Ad Darbasiyah)	Kidnapped (Kurdish) citizen journalist for Free Derbassiyeh Coordination Committee whose body was later discovered

9 March 2012	Amr Kaaka	Doma (near Damascus)	Citizen journalist

24 February 2012	Abdullah Khaled Awad	Al-Qusayr, Homs Governorate	Citizen journalist

24 February 2012	Anas al-Tarsha	Homs (Qarabees)	Citizen journalist

22 February 2012	Remi Ochlik	Homs	French freelance photographer for IP3 Press photo agency

22 February 2012	Marie Colvin	Homs	American journalist working for The Sunday Times (UK)

21 February 2012	Rami al-Sayed	Homs (Baba Amr)	Citizen journalist

7 February 2012	Mazhar Tayyara (also transliterated Madhar Amr Tayara)	Homs	Freelance journalist for Agence France-Presse (France), The Guardian (UK), Die Welt (Germany)

5 February 2012	Saleh Samih Murjan	Karm Zeitun (near Homs)	Citizen journalist

27 January 2012	Usama Burhan Idriss	Homs (Inshaatt)	Citizen journalist

11 January 2012	Gilles Jacquier	Homs	French citizen reporting for France 2

2 January 2012	Shoukri Ahmed Ratib Abu Bourghoul (also transliterated Shukri Ratib Abu Burghol)	Damascus (Daraya)	al-Thawra (daily) and Radio Damas

28 December 2011	Muawiya Ibrahim Ayoub	Al-Rastan, Homs Governorate	Citizen journalist

27 December 2011	Muatassim Al-Saleh	Hama	Citizen journalist

27 December 2011	Basil al-Sayed	Homs (Baba Amr)	Died in an improvised hospital from a gunshot wound suffered five days earlier (Known in Homs as "the revolution's journalist")

21 December 2011	Rami Ismail Iqbal	a Syrian prison	Citizen journalist

15 December 2011	Bilal Jibss	Idlib (Kafr Tkharam)	Citizen journalist

15 December 2011	Hamza Khalid Amer	Shamseen (near Homs)	Citizen journalist

6 December 2011	Firas Barshan	Homs	Citizen journalist

26 November 2011	Nizar Adnan Humsa	Homs (Al Bayada)	Citizen journalist who died while in custody of the Syrian intelligence agency

20 November 2011	Ferzat Jarban	Al-Qusayr, Homs Governorate	Freelance TV camera operator

5 May 2011	Ahmed Souleymane Daheek	Homs	Citizen journalist

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