Mohamed Abdulqader Sbeh Archives - Committee to Protect Journalists

Syrian Army soldiers loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad forces are seen in Idlib, Syria on January 21, 2018. Territory in and around Idlib has frequently changed hands in the past weeks and months of the conflict. (Reuters/SANA handout)

Syrian journalist assaulted by gunmen in northwestern Syria

March 7, 2018 3:46 PM EST

Eight unidentified gunmen on March 1, 2018, assaulted Mohamed Abdulqader Sbeh, a reporter for the independent news website Madar Today, in the northwestern Syrian province of Idlib, according to the Syrian Journalist Association and the journalist’s employer.