Mohamed al-Saeed

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Mohamed al-Saeed, a presenter for Syrian state television, was kidnapped in Damascus, according to news reports. Al-Nusra Front, an armed Islamist group linked to Al-Qaeda, claimed in a statement, to have beheaded al-Saeed on August 4, news reports said. No news organization or other source, however, independently confirmed his death. Al-Saeed hosted a daily show called “Hadith al-Balad” (Talk of the Country) for the state broadcaster, news reports said.