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November 28, 2018

Syrian Journalist Raed Fares, Who Faced Threats by Government and Rebels, Killed in Idlib
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Syrian radio host and activist Raed Fares was shot dead in Idlib Friday,
along with activist Hamoud Jneed. Fares founded Radio Fresh, an
independent radio station broadcasting from inside opposition-held
Syria. Fares joined the popular protests against the government of
President Bashar al-Assad in 2011. In the following years, he documented
the human cost of the war in Syria, exposing rights violations and the
devastation of air strikes on civilians. Fares was targeted by both the
government and opposition militants. He survived previous assassination
attempts, a kidnapping and torture.


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