Turad Mohamed al-Zahouri

Year: 2014

Nationality: Syria

Killed by: Military Officials

Location: Yabroud, Syria

Press organization: Freelance

What's Turad Mohamed al-Zahouri's story?

Al-Zahouri died on February 20 in a hospital in the Lebanese city of Arsal from injuries he sustained five days earlier when a shell landed near him in the Qalamoun region in the Syrian district of Yabroud, according to human rights organization Syrian Journalist Association and local news reports. He was the director of and photographer for Al-Qusair Lens, a Facebook page that covers events in Al-Qusair and the surrounding areas. Several of al-Zahouri photographs and videos from the Facebook page were published by The Associated Press, local Syrian news channels, and the Al-Qusair Media Center, a media organization that broadcasts news about al-Qusair and the surrounding area.

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