New Journalist Martyred in Syria, NATO Deploys Patriots in Turkey

Local Editor

A journalist working for Syria's Dunya TV has been shot dead by terrorists while reporting on clashes in the northern Syria city of Aleppo.
The channel said on its website on Friday that it had received news of "the death of our colleague Sohail Mahmud Ali by terrorist bullets."
However, the channel did not give further details about the incident.
Scores of state media workers have been killed during the Syrian unrest while reporting on clashes or in targeted killings.

According to media watchdog Reporters Without Borders, at least 17 professional Syrian and foreign journalists as well as 44 citizen journalists have died in Syria since mid-March 2011 when the unrest hit the Arab country.
In another context, NATO has begun deploying Patriot surface-to-air (SAM) missiles along Turkey's border with Syria. 

On Friday, US troops were being airlifted to Incirlik Air Base in southern Turkey to operate the missiles, which are allegedly meant to protect Turkey from Syrian attacks, the Associated Press reported. 

The Patriot systems, which are being deployed by the United States, Germany, and the Netherlands, are scheduled to become operational later this month.
Over the coming days, the US military plans to dispatch nearly 400 personnel, along with equipment, to Turkey. In response, Damascus censured Ankara's plan to deploy the Patriot missiles along the Syrian border, calling it another act of provocation by the government of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by moqawama.org