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A picture taken on February 9, 2018 in the countryside of Idlib, where Syrian government forces are conducting a major offensive. (AFP/Stringer)

Airstrike injures Syrian media activist in northwestern Syria

February 9, 2018 4:54 PM EST

Walid al-Rashed, a media activist for the Syrian pro-opposition Ma’arra Media Center, was seriously injured during an airstrike on February 7, 2018, in the northwestern Syrian city of Ma’arra al-Numan, 21 miles south of Idlib, according to news reports, the Syrian Journalists Association, and his employer.