Syria - Vicious circle of disappearing journalists

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Read in Arabic (بالعربية) Two journalists working for US-funded Al-Hurra TV went missing in Aleppo exactly a month ago today, on 20 August. Only one has since given any sign of life. It was Cüneyt Ünal, a Turkish cameraman who was seen in footage broadcast by the pro-government TV station Al-Ikhbariya on 27 August. Looking tired, with bruises under both eyes and clearly speaking under duress, he accused himself of having been escorted during some of the fighting by persons of foreign origin "who (...)

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