Syrian TV Correspondent Was 10th Pro-Assad Reporter Killed By Rebels Over The Last Two Years

Syrian correspondent Yara Abbas, who was killed by rebels near the border with Lebanon, was the tenth pro-government journalist killed by opposition groups fighting President Bashar Assad over the last two years.

Nine other journalists and 23 crew members working for state-run media have been killed by Syrian rebels since 2011, according to pro-Assad newspaper Al-Thawra.

Reporters from Syrian news channel Al-Ikhbariya, the station Abbas worked for before her death, were kidnapped by anti-government forces last August.

Several foreign correspondents have also been killed by rebel groups in Syria, including French photojournalists Gilles Jacquier and Remi Ochlik, who both died in a rocket attack aimed at a pro-government rally they were covering.

While many journalists working for state-run media have been targeted by rebel groups, there are also numerous cases of reporter killings and kidnappings conducted by forces supporting the Assad administration.

NBC correspondent Richard Engel and his film crew were seized by government forces in northern Syria last December, eventually escaping detainment during a gun battle with armed rebels.

Agence France-Press contributor James Foley, a 39-year-old American journalist covering the Syrian conflict, has been missing since late last year and is suspected to be in the custody of pro-government forces, according to the Associated Press.

The violence doesn't stop there.

According to Amnesty International, a London-based human rights organization, anywhere between 44 and 100 journalists have been killed throughout the civil war.

The group also released a statement earlier this month holding both sides of the conflict accountable for the rising number of deaths among journalists.

Abbas was one of Syria's most well-known female war reporters.