User:Crtew/Foreign journalists in Syria

Assignment: Write section about foreign journalists in Syria for the article List of journalists killed during the Syrian civil war. Other students are writing about citizen journalists, pro-state journalists and missing journalists for the article.

This article has good information about how professional journalists abroad enter Syria and become grounded as they embed themselves with the rebels.

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Foreign journalists in Syria
With the Syrian civil war taking place several journalists worldwide have found themselves determined to get into the country to report the events. Since March 2011 foreign journalists have been banned from reporting within the country, because the government does not want the events to be reported. Many foreign journalists have been killed while reporting on the war in Syria. These journalists know the consequences they may face in this dangerous area, but the reporting must be done. This article will focus on a few journalists from Japan, Iraq, Lebanon, Algeria (French/British), United States, and France.

Japan

 * Mika Yamamoto, Japan, Japan Press, 20 Aug 2012

Mika Yamamoto was a reporter for twenty-two years before her life was taken from her August 20, 2012 during an attack in Aleppo. Yamamoto was known for covering high conflict areas in countries such as Afghanistan, Iraq, and Uganda.

Iraq
Ali Juburi al-Kaabi & Falah Taha, Iraq, Al Roaa, 18 July 2012

Ali Juburi was the editor of Iraqi newspaper Al Roaa while Falah Taha was photojournalist for the paper. Juburi and Taha's bodies were found with gun shot and knife wounds in Demascus on July 14, 2012.

Lebanon

 * Ali Shaaban, Lebanon, Al-Jadeed, 9 April 2012

Ali Shaaban died at age 30 while reporting in Syria. Shaaban was a camera man for the Al Jadeed where he began working in 2006. He was with two others, Hussein Khreis and Abdul-Azim Khayat, when he was shot by plainclothes Syrian security forces in Wadi Khalid. When the reporters were told to retreat the three men got in their vehicle and began to drive when Syrian forces opened fire, Shaaban was hit several times and died before being able to get medical attention. Shaaban has covered political developments in Lebanon including the 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah.

Algeria (French/British)

 * Walid Bledi (Algerian/British) & Naseem Intriri (Algerian/French), Independent documentary filmmakers, 26 March 2012

Walid Bledi and Naseem Intriri worked together as documentary filmmakers. The two were shot and killed by Syrian forces during an attack on the town of Darkoush. Bledi and Intriri were shot at by Syrian forces, but immediately left the scene unharmed, when the two returned to retrieve their equipment firing began again and they were killed.

United States

 * Marie Colvin, United States, The Sunday Times (UK), 22 February 2012

Marie Colvin, a reporter for The Sunday Times a UK newspaper, was killed while covering Seige of Homs Colvin was a strong believer in reporting the truth stating "My job is to bear witness. I have never been interested in knowing what make of plane had just bombed a village or whether the artillery that fired at it was 120mm or 155mm."

France
Remi Ochlik was working as a freelance photojournalist when he was killed in Homs, Syria on February 22, 2012. Ochlik had covered several big events during his life time including the Tunisian Revolution, 2011 Egyptian Revolution, and the Libyan civil war. Ochlik's works have been published in Le Monde, VSD, Paris Match, Time, and The Wall Street Journal.
 * Remi Ochlik, France, IP3 Photo, 22 February 2012

Jacquier was a French public broadcaster whose life was taken from him during an uprising in Homs. He is reportedly the first international journalist to be killed in a Syrian uprising. Jacquier was in a group of seven others who were also killed by a mortar shell that hit the group. Though journalists have been banned from entering Syria, Jacquier's group of twelve was invited on a government-authorized trip. Jacquier was an award winning correspondent who did work in Iraq, Afghanistan, Kosovo, and Tunisia.
 * Gilles Jacquier, France, France2, 11 January 2012