Armed men attack Al-Ikhabrieh Syrian TV channel ‎

Head of the journalists union condemned such acts saying countries supporting armed groups in Syria are responsible for their safety.

Earlier, the so called al-Nusra front affiliated to al-Qaeda had kidnapped a Syrian TV anchor and reportedly killed him. Another Syrian state TV cameraman was then abducted.

Nevertheless, other non-Syrian media outlets and journalists covering events in Syria were also threatened as foreign reporters were also kidnapped by armed men. Head of al-Alam and Press TV office in Damascus Hosein Mortada received many threats by armed men after reporting on clashes between them and the Syrian army. He also survived recently an assassination attempt in the city of Aleppo.

“It seems many journalists and pro-Syrian government media outlets have become under a serious threat for only reporting on Syria’s unrest. The escalation of violence against those journalists coincides with further exposing the acts of armed men across the country.