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Read in Arabic(بالعربية) Reporters Without Borders deplores the abduction of the Ukrainian journalist Ankhar Kochneva on 9 October and calls for her release. Kochneva, who contributes to several Russian media outlets and also works as an interpreter, is believed to be held by a faction of the Free Syrian Army somewhere between Tartus and Damascus. According to Russia Today, she went to Tartus on 8 October with her colleague Elena Gromova. She was due to return to Damascus the next day but (...)

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