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July 11, 2016

Family of U.S. Journalist Killed in Syria Sues Assad Regime
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The family of an American journalist killed in Syria in 2012 has sued
the Syrian government in U.S. federal court. Sunday Times reporter Marie
Colvin died after a direct strike on a building where she was staying
with other journalists. Her family says the attack deliberately targeted
Colvin hours after she had broadcast live from the building on CNN and
spoke of indiscriminate shelling by the Assad government in the
opposition-held city of Homs. The Committee to Protect Journalists says
96 journalists have been killed in Syria since 2011. The majority are
Syrian.
Topics:Syria

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