Marie Colvin

U.S. Court Orders Syria To Pay $300 Million For Killing Of Journalist Marie Colvin

3:52pm January 31, 2019

by Laurel Wamsley

The judge ruled that Colvin was killed by Syria and "targeted because of her profession, for the purpose of silencing those reporting on the growing opposition movement in the country."

New evidence presented in a Washington, D.C., federal court claims that American journalist Marie Colvin, right, was killed in a targeted assassination by the Syrian regime in 2012.

Syrian Defector: Assad Forces Targeted, Killed Journalist Marie Colvin

10:20pm April 10, 2018

by Deborah Amos

Evidence presented in a U.S. federal court claims that the 56-year-old American was intentionally targeted in a rocket attack by Syrian regime forces in 2012. Her family is suing the country.

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Syrian Brig. Gen. Issam Zahreddine (right) speaks with a civilian in the eastern city of Deir Ezzor in September, during the offensive against ISIS militants.

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Anti-ISIS Syrian General Accused Of Killing U.S. Journalist Is Reported To Have Died

4:05pm October 19, 2017

by Ruth Sherlock

Issam Zahreddine reportedly died on the battlefield. The family of Marie Colvin, a celebrated U.S. war correspondent killed in Syria in 2012, has blamed him for her death.

Marie Colvin, shown here in London in November 2010, was killed in Homs, Syria, on Feb. 22, 2012, along with photographer Remi Ochlik. She lost her left eye after being hit by shrapnel while covering the civil war in Sri Lanka in 2001.

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Lawsuit Targets Syrian Regime In Journalist's Killing

8:01pm July 09, 2016

by Deborah Amos

Relatives of killed journalist Marie Colvin accuse the Syrian government of deliberately targeting her in the shelling of Homs in 2012.