Zamel Ghannam al Zoubaie

The body of well-known journalist, Zamel Ghannam al Zoubaie, was found in the al Washwash area of western Baghdad on Sunday, according to  the IFJ affiliate, the Iraqi Journalists' Syndicate (IJS). He had been killed in a terrorist attack, the IJS said.

Mr Zoubaie was a member of the IJS since the 1980's. He worked for the Iraqi News Agency from the 90's up to 2004 and then worked as a freelancer for a number of media organisations in Iraq.

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