Journalists Killed in 2017 - Motive Confirmed: Sudad Faris
| Publisher | Committee to Protect Journalists |
| Publication Date | 31 December 2017 |
| Cite as | Committee to Protect Journalists, Journalists Killed in 2017 - Motive Confirmed: Sudad Faris, 31 December 2017, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/5a4e33914.html [accessed 22 May 2023] |
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Salaheddin TV | Killed in Imam Gharbi, near Mosul, Iraq | July 07, 2017
| Job: | Camera Operator, Producer |
| Medium: | Television |
| Beats Covered: | Corruption, Culture, Human Rights, War |
| Gender: | Male |
| Local or Foreign: | Local |
| Freelance: | No |
| Type of Death: | Crossfire |
| Suspected Source of Fire: | Political Group |
| Impunity: | |
| Taken Captive: | |
| Tortured: | |
| Threatened: | |
Sudad Faris, a cameraman for Salaheddin TV, was shot dead by a sniper from the Islamic State group, as he covered a July 7 Iraqi military operation to retake the village of Imam Gharbi from the militants, according to the pro-government channel.
Faris was trapped in a building alongside Iraqi security forces and several other reporters when fighters from the Islamic State group launched a counteroffensive to retake the village of Imam Gharbi, south of Mosul, a spokesman for Salaheddin TV told CPJ. Faris was hit immediately, he said. Harb Hazza al-Duleimi, a reporter for the broadcaster Hona Salaheddin, was killed in the same attack.
On July 17, Salaheddin TV published a special report on its YouTube channel that said the bodies of al-Duleimi and Faris had not been recovered because of Islamic State attacks in the village. For several days, the channel posted videos of the journalists' colleagues and family members calling on military and government officials for help in recovering the bodies.
On July 20, military officials said that they had found the bodies of the journalists, according to news reports. On the same day, Salaheddin TV posted a video to its Facebook page showing the journalists' remains arriving in Tikrit, wrapped in the Iraqi flag in preparation for their burial.
Faris worked for Salaheddin TV for more than a year, the spokesman said. The journalist covered a range of news and features, from literary events at universities to interviews with survivors of militant attacks in Tikrit.
