Syrian rebels have killed a TV correspondent who was covering clashes near the border with Lebanon, according to the Syrian information ministry.
Officials said Yara Abbas, a prominent female war reporter for state-owned Al-Ikhbariyah TV, was attacked near the military air base of Dabaa in the central province of Homs.
Dabaa air base is near the town of Qusair, which has been under attack by government forces and members of Lebanon’s Hizbullah group since last week. Dozens of rebels, troops and gunmen have been killed in the heavy fighting.
Several journalists covering both sides of Syria’s conflict have been killed since the crisis began in March 2011.