Orient TV reporter kidnapped in Aleppo

Orient TV reporter has been kidnapped in Aleppo in area controlled by al-Qaeda affiliate, the State of Iraq and The Levant, media sources said to Zaman Alwasl.

Mouayyed Salloum is citizen journalist and activist,  he started working as a reporter since year ago for Orient News, pro-opposition  Satellite channel in Aleppo.

Journalists in Syria have been killed by snipers, accused of spying, and kidnapped by gunmen, and with the threats growing, many say the conflict is now too dangerous to cover.

The risks have increased the challenge of reporting from the country, which was already difficult because of violence, regime visa restrictions and propaganda on both sides.

Media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) says at least 25 professional journalists and 70 citizen journalists have been killed in the conflict.

But for many reporters, the bigger fear comes from abductions, which have been on the rise in the Syria conflict.

RSF says at least 16 foreign journalists are missing in Syria, although many cases have not been made public at the request of their families.

The Syrian conflict erupted in March 2011 as a popular uprising against Assad that quickly escalated into civil war. More than 115,000 people have been killed since then and millions of Syrians have been displaced.