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SYRIAN FILMMAKER Tamer al-Awam, 34, has been killed in the northern city of Aleppo, the opposition Syrian National Council said on Sunday.
“Syria lost one of its dear sons. Director and journalist Tamer al-Awam was martyred by the bullets of the murderous and treacherous regime on the front line of Aleppo,” where fighting has raged between the army and rebels since mid-July, the SNC said.
“Originally from Soueida in the Druze mountain, he left Germany to join the media activists of the Syrian revolution to share his experience and bravery,” it added.
A Syrian website, Syrian Documents, said Awam was killed on Saturday while shooting a film for the rebel Free Syrian Army.
Activists have reported a number of arrests and attacks against prominent media and cultural figures since the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad’s regime began in March 2011.
The Local Coordination Committees, which has activists on the ground, last month reported that prominent independent film producer Orwa Nyrabia was missing after having gone to Damascus airport to catch a flight to Cairo.
He is believed to have been arrested.
On May 28, Bassel al-Shahade, a citizen journalist and filmmaker, and cameraman, Ahmed al-Assam, were killed in shelling as they filmed an attack by government forces in a district of the central city of Homs.
More than 27,000 people have been killed in the 18-month uprising, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Sunday.
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Might I add one or two things. Why is the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights being mentioned in am article. Clearly, thus must be a propaganda piece. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights would not be quite in any independent piece of quality journalism. While we are on the topic of media operating in Syria why has nothing been mentioned in the article about the bombings and killings of media staying and journalists in Syria by the ‘rebels’. The ‘rebels’ have carried out terrible acts of terrorism on media personnel and structures. The ‘rebels’ are not what they appear to be as recently stated by a doctor working with the organisation doctors without borders (http://rt.com/news/syria-rebels-assad-islamists-699/). Why is this conflict not bring reported as a proxy war?
Is funny how they only give us the bad things the governent is destroying and never what the militants are destorying
Because the west is backing the rebels they are going to release only one sides reports to the media. It’s a dirty war on both sides. But the west desperately wants regime change there to put more pressure on Iran. Long term goal to knock out the government in Iran and have a stable western leaning middle east.
I wish that Russia the USA and china would stop producing weapons for export :/
V sad.
Erdogan of Turkey only said last week that the US was not providing military support to the rebels?
Yes, I agree. Its a one sided war.
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