​Ibrahim al-Omar

The freelance journalist, who contributed to the Al-Jazeera Mubasher live channel, was killed in air strikes on the town of Termanin in northern Idlib, according to Al-Jazeeera statement quoted by the French news agency AFP. The Doha-based cable news channel added that the air strikes which killed their contributor were launched by Russian forces, supporting Syrian President Bashar.

Source: AFP

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