New York Times: Syrian Journalist Who Documented ISIS Atrocities Is Killed in Turkey
ISTANBUL — A Syrian journalist and filmmaker who documented atrocities by the Islamic State in Syria and trained hundreds of citizen journalists has been killed in a Turkish town near the Syria border, rights activists said Monday, calling the death an assassination.
The killing of the journalist, Naji Jerf, in Gaziantep, Turkey, happened on Sunday, one day before he and his family were scheduled to fly to France, where they were seeking asylum. Unconfirmed news reports from Gaziantep said that he had been shot to death.
Mr. Jerf had recently posted on YouTube a documentary on the killing of Syrian activists during the Islamic State’s occupation of the Syrian city of Aleppo in 2013 and 2014. It was recently broadcast by the television network Al Arabiya.
More News On The Assassination Of Naji Jerf In Turkey
Anti-IS Syrian filmmaker laid to rest in southern Turkey -- AFP
Anti-Islamic State journalist murdered in Turkey -- BBC
Syrian Journalist Who Exposed ISIS Atrocities is Shot Dead in Turkey -- Time
Anti-IS Syrian filmmaker laid to rest in southern Turkey -- AFP
Syrian journalist & filmmaker who exposed ISIS Aleppo atrocities assassinated in Turkey -- RT
Syrian activist Naji Jerf slain in Turkey -- CNN
Syrian journalist who exposed ISIS atrocities murdered in Turkey -- Mashable
Syrian Filmmaker Naji Jerf Killed in Turkey After Exposing ISIS Crimes in Aleppo -- Global Voices
Syrian journalist Naji Jerf shot dead in Gaziantep, Turkey -- CPJ
Reminds me of Michael Hastings, a US journalist who died mysteriously.
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