Anthony Shadid

Japanese War Reporter's Last Flight from Syria

The body of Mika Yamamato, 45, was extracted from war-torn Syria and flown home to Japan on Saturday. Three colleagues are still missing.

Turkey has asked the Syrian government to locate two of its nationals, working journalists, who have gone missing in the war-torn country.

Syrian government forces refuse to allow Red Cross workers into Homs as they continue “mop-up” operations: raping and murdering civilians.

In less than a month, three journalists have been killed, three managed to escape and two are still missing in action in Syria, one wounded.

A veteran American journalist was killed and a second seriously wounded by the Syrian Army in Homs. A French photographer also died.

Winner of two Pulitzer prizes has died while covering the fighting.