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Woman journalist Safaa Ahmad, who worked as an anchor for Syrian state television, lost her life on 1 October in an Israeli airstrike on the capital Damascus. Ahmad is the first journalist killed in the country in 2024. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate, the Syrian Journalists’ Union (SJU) in condemning the heinous killing, and reiterates that the perpetrators of the deadliest conflict for journalists must be tried before the International Criminal Court, as international law requires that journalists are considered civilians and combatants are obliged to ensure their safety.

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[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Why is israel bombing Syria now?

[–] Sundial@lemm.ee 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] hark@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

They've been bombing Syria for years now, actually. The reason is because Israel wants to dominate the entire Middle East and will destroy any and all countries that stand in their way.

[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The specifics are unclear right now but Israel has gone after “Iran-linked targets” in Syria before

[–] itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 day ago

Ah yes, journalists

[–] tal@lemmy.today 0 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Given that that Iran's the common factor with all the other targets, I'd imagine that that's probably a pretty good guess, though looking online, we bombed targets in Syria yesterday as well:

https://apnews.com/article/syria-militants-killed-airstrike-us-central-command-8921f045b25d621143778730d78bd4e4?taid=66f93b79f602a500015dd02a

BEIRUT (AP) — Two U.S. airstrikes in Syria killed 37 militants affiliated with the Islamic State group and an al-Qaeda-linked group, the U.S. military said Sunday. It said two of the dead were senior militants.

U.S. Central Command said it struck northwestern Syria on Tuesday, targeting a senior militant from the al-Qaeda-linked Hurras al-Deen group and eight others. They say he was responsible for overseeing military operations.

On Sept. 16, a “large-scale airstrike” on an IS training camp in an undisclosed location in central Syria killed 28 militants, including “at least four Syrian leaders,” Central Command said.

“The airstrike will disrupt ISIS’ capability to conduct operations against U.S. interests, as well as our allies and partners,” the statement read.

EDIT: Wait, no, that was one week ago yesterday. Wrong Tuesday.

[–] Ioughttamow@fedia.io 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Just tell the media you phoned everyone to evacuate. All casualties after must be hamazbollah

[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 day ago

Instructions unclear, triggered bombs implanted in phones via supply chain.