Mediagazer: Have two more journalists been killed in Syria? (ArabSaga)

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ArabSaga:

Have two more journalists been killed in Syria? — Syrian security forces reportedly killed Monday two independent journalists of Algerian origin but holding British citizenship in Idlib province, where they were filming a documentary on the Syrian uprising.

Sarah Marshall / Journalism.co.uk:

Two British freelance journalists killed in Syria, CPJ reports — Foreign Office is looking into reports that two British nationals of Algerian descent were killed in Syria on Monday, with a third journalist wounded in the attack — Two British freelance journalists of Algerian descent …

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Elizabeth Flock / Washington Post:

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