The journalist, Mahran Al Deeri was killed on Wednesday in Al Sheikh
Maskin in rural Daraa when his vehicle collided with a rebel vehicle while
taking cover from government fire.
Mostefa Souag, Al Jazeera's acting Director General, said in a statement
on Al Jazeera's website: "Our martyred colleague Mahran Al Deeri has
worked with aljazeera.net for over a year and was known for his courage, bravery
and professional coverage of the Syrian revolution in the area of Daraa and its
suburbs.
"Targeting journalists will not deter us from reporting the truth
which we have been committed to for over 18 years. …Throughout our years of
coverage we have lost many colleagues on this mission but our brave journalists
are committed to this despite the constant dangers and challenges," Souag
said.
Al Deeri, a married father of two, was born in Al Sheikh Maskin in Daraa
in 1983. He graduated from Damascus University in 2008, after which he worked
for the government news agency SANA. He started working for aljazeera.net, Al
Jazeera Arabic's website, as a freelancer in October last year.
Three other journalists from the Orient News, a Syrian opposition channel,
were also killed in a missile strike in the same area on Monday.
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