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Syrian Journalist Killed in Darayya

HeadlineFeb 23, 2016

In Syria, another journalist, Majid Dirani, has been killed by Syrian military tank shells outside Damascus. Dirani was attempting to document devastation in his neighborhood, Darayya. His colleague at Anadolu news agency said, “We used to call him our 'eyes in Darayya.'” The slain journalist was 21 years old.

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