A Syrian journalist was killed Saturday while covering the army’s operations against Islamic State militants in the country’s central region, Syria’s official news agency said, the latest of dozens of journalists killed while covering the brutal conflict.
Wasim al-Nuqari, a 38-year-old war reporter, was killed in the eastern countryside of Homs province, SANA said. Al-Nuqari worked at Syrian TV for many years and had recently been working as a war reporter for the armed forces.