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  • Turkey: Syrian Journalist Who Exposed Islamic State Atrocities Assassinated

    SYRIA, 2016/01/03 A prominent Syrian journalist and filmmaker, who produced anti-Islamic National documentaries was gunned down by unknown assailants in broad daylight in Gaziantep, Turkey. This is the third assassination of a journalist in the country over the last three months. Naji Jerf, editor-in-chief of the Hentah monthly, known for his documentaries describing violence and abuses on Islamic National-controlled territories (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) was shot and killed near a building housing Syrian independent media outlets in the Turkish city of Gaziantep. His death was originally reported by a group of citizen journalists he was working with.