{"id":117182,"date":"2024-10-01T10:22:59","date_gmt":"2024-10-01T10:22:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=117182"},"modified":"2024-10-01T10:23:01","modified_gmt":"2024-10-01T10:23:01","slug":"ifj-condemns-killing-syrian-tv-anchor-in-israeli-strike-on-damascus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/117182\/","title":{"rendered":"IFJ condemns killing Syrian TV anchor in Israeli strike on Damascus\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013 <\/strong>The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has strongly condemned on Tuesday the killing of Safaa Ahmad, a prominent state TV anchor, during an Israeli airstrike on Damascus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The IFJ called for accountability, urging that those responsible for attacks on journalists be brought to justice.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Syria&#8217;s state-run news agency, SANA, reported that Ahmad was killed in the early hours of Tuesday as a result of an Israeli airstrike on the Syrian capital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed alignright is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Syria?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Syria<\/a>\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddfe: Awful news. State TV reported the death of anchor Safaa Ahmad, killed on 1 October in Israeli airstrikes on Damascus. We condemn her killing and reiterate that the perpetrators of massacres against journalists must be tried before the ICC.  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Y7XllPq5Dr\">https:\/\/t.co\/Y7XllPq5Dr<\/a><\/p>&mdash; IFJ (@IFJGlobal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IFJGlobal\/status\/1841021088739811583?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 1, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She was known for her role as a broadcaster and presenter of various social and cultural programs on state television.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to a military source cited by SANA, the airstrike was carried out by Israeli aircraft and drones, targeting several locations in Damascus from the direction of the occupied Syrian Golan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We condemn her killing and reaffirm that those who commit crimes against journalists must face prosecution by the International Criminal Court,&#8221; the IFJ stated on its official X platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By Jwan Shekaki&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013 The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has strongly condemned on Tuesday the killing of Safaa Ahmad, a prominent state TV anchor, during an Israeli airstrike on Damascus. The IFJ called for accountability, urging that those responsible for attacks on journalists be brought to justice.&nbsp; Syria&#8217;s state-run news agency, SANA, reported [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":117184,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pgc_sgb_lightbox_settings":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,39,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-117182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-home","category-syria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>IFJ condemns killing Syrian TV anchor in Israeli strike on Damascus\u00a0<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013 The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has strongly condemned on Tuesday the killing of Safaa 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