Louay Sadiq Meshaal

The 23-year-old cameraman and photographer was killed by a car bomb while covering the fighting to retake the city of Salahuddin. He was reporting while embedded with Al-Nujabaa movement, which is one of the groups of the Popular Mobilization Forces during the liberalization attempt of Mak-hool mountain in Salahuddin. According to the head of Al-Nujabaa TV station, He was killed in a car bomb by ISIS that targeted members of the armed group that he was accompanying in order to cover the events. Meshaal started working at Al-Nujabaa TV station since 2014, during which he covered many clashes.

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