Revolution Commission: 4 Syrian Journalists killed by Iraqi Shiite militia

General Commission of the Syrian Revolution revealed more details over media-activists massacre last Sunday when four journalists have been killed near Damascus. 

The prominent war reporter Mohamed al-Saeed and his colleagues have been killed by An Iraqi Shiite forces loyal to Bashar al-Assad, SRGC said.

An Iraqi militant, who operates for Abu al-Fadhal al-Abbas brigade, an extreme Shiite militia, posted photo online, allegedly for Saeed's body and other victim in Jarba village in eastern Ghouta.

Activists said that the militants looted the cameras and other media stuff, adding, ‘’ If they had known how much Saeed is precious for revolts, they would have not killed him.’’

Ammar Tabajo,who used the alias Mohammed Saeed had been provided information to many Western-based media outlets over the past three years. 

Tabajo played an instrumental role, particularly in the early phases of the uprising, as a source of information for the media, and was a rare activist who appeared regularly on Arab TV stations. He was one of the first to report on the Aug. 21 chemical weapons attack, going to makeshift clinics to observe the aftermath, according to AP.

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, AFP reported two weeks ago.

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.

Forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad have laid siege for months to rebel strongholds in the Ghouta area east of Damascus, preventing food, clean water, medicine and other supplies from entering in a bid to crush resistance, according to AP.

An estimated 120,000 people have been killed and millions displaced by Syria's civil war, which erupted after a fierce government crackdown on pro-democracy protests first held in March 2011