Anti-IS group says 1 of its journalists killed in Syria

Ahmad Mohamed al-Mousa is latest member of advocacy group Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently to be assassinated

By AP 17 December 2015, 1:48 am Edit

Illustrative undated image posted on a militant website on January 14, 2014, shows Islamic State fighters marching in Raqqa, Syria. (AP, File)

BEIRUT — A Syrian media activist group that reports on Islamic State activities says that one of its journalists has been assassinated in Syria.

The group, which calls itself Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently, says Ahmad Mohamed al-Mousa was killed in the northern province of Idlib on Wednesday by unknown masked assailants.

The group, based in the northern city of Raqqa, reported al-Moussa’s assassination through its Twitter account without providing more details.

Several members of RBSS have been killed in the past.

In October, a founding member of the group and another Syrian activist were found slain in southern Turkey. The group blamed IS for the killings.

The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists, which honored the group last month with its 2015 International Press Freedom Award, condemned al-Mousa’s murder.