A Syrian TV correspondent was killed on Monday, according to the country’s Information Ministry. The TV correspondent was killed covering clashes near the border of Lebanon.

The Syrian TV correspondent, Yara Abbas, was killed near the Dabaa military base when rebels attacked the car that she and her TV crew were traveling in. A cameraman and his assistant were also injured. The television reporter worked for the pro-government Al-Ikhbariya news channel.

Yara Abbas, a prominent female war reporter, was covering the increasingly violent fighting that has broken out near the town of Qusayr in Homs province, which is a western town not near from Dabaa. The area, where the correspondent was reporting on-site, is viewed as a crucial stronghold to both the rebels and the government forces that are being backed by Hezbollah.

The Syrian army, which is backed by fighters from the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah, began an assault on Qusayr nine days ago. Qysayr is a rebel strong-hold. The rebels and the regime both view the town as a key strategic prize. The town is situated near the Lebanese border and by the main roads that connect Damascus to the coast.

The correspondent’s death was covered by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights activist group, which said Abbas "was killed by a sniper close to Dabaa airport," north of Qusayr. Abbas was frequent seen reporting alongside Assad's forces from the frontline of Syria's conflict.

Syrian TV broke the news in an alert that read: "The ministry of information announces that colleague Yara Abbas has been added to the ranks of the martyrs, killed by terrorists near Dabaa airport."

According to Amnesty International, the government of Syria and some of the rebels are specifically targeting journalists. Dozens of journalists covering the conflict, on both the government and rebel sides of the front lines have been killed, wounded or kidnapped since Syria's conflict started in March 2011. Last week, Al-Thawran, Syria's state-run daily newspaper reported that nine journalists and 23 other crew members working for state-run media have been killed in the country over the past two years.

Foreign reporters have also been killed covering the conflict, including the award-winning French TV reporter Gilles Jacquier, photographer Remi Ochlik and Britain's Sunday Times correspondent Marie Colvin. Anthony Shadid, a correspondent for The New York Times, succumbed to an apparent asthma attack while on assignment in Syria.

Journalists are also becoming kidnapping targets. A crew from Al-Ikhbariyah was abducted by anti-government forces before being later rescued by Syrian troops in August last year. Richard Engel, an NBC correspondent, and his crew said they were detained by pro-regime fighters in northern Syria in December. The American journalist James Foley has been missing in Syria since late last year.

According to the United Nations more than 94,000 people have been killed in the conflict during that period.