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08-21-2016, 03:51 AM
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Media worker killed in Iraq
BAGHDAD: A technician with an Iraqi satellite channel was killed on Saturday and a journalist wounded as they covered operations against the Islamic State group in western Iraq, their employer said. Both worked for Al Ahad TV, a channel affiliated with Asaib Ahl al-Haq, one of the most powerful militias in Iraq’s Hashed al-Shaabi paramilitary umbrella.
The pair were hit by mortar fire in Jazirat al-Khaldiyeh in the western province of Anbar. "Our TV team came under mortar fire in Jazirat al-Khaldiyeh as they were covering the battle," Raida al-Ogaily, head of public relations at Al-Ahad, told AFP. "Broadcast technician Ali Ghani was killed and the correspondent, Hussein al-Fares, was wounded," she said. The area where the incident occurred lies between provincial capital Ramadi and Fallujah, both of which have been retaken from the jihadists by security forces. أكثر... 
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