Ahmed Adnan al-Ashlaq

Year: 2012

Nationality: Syria

Killed by: Military Officials

Location: Damascus, Syria

Press organization: Shaam News Network

What's Ahmed Adnan al-Ashlaq's story?

Al-Ashlaq, a correspondent for the citizen news organization Shaam News Network, was killed along with two colleagues–Ammar Mohamed Suhail Zado, Shaam’s Homs director, and Lawrence Fahmy al-Naimi, the head of live streaming for the network–while filming clashes between security forces and armed rebels in Damascus. The journalists were in an apartment in the Al-Midan neighborhood when their building was shelled by security forces, according to a Shaam News Network representative who spoke on condition of anonymity.

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