The journalist was killed from shrapnel after a rocket launched by the so-called Islamic State which exploded near him. This mortar attack took place during fighting between IS and opposition forces as a part of what was called Fateh Al-Futouh battle in Al-Sheikh Saad village of Daraa, which Al-badawi was covering for Shahid Media Institution.
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