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Agence France-Presse

A Syrian activist who produced documentaries hostile to the Islamic State group was assassinated in Turkey Sunday, according to the group with which he worked.
“Film maker Naji Jerf, father of two children, was assassinated... today in Gaziantep”, on the border with Syria, with a silencer-equipped pistol, the group known as , “Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently” (RBSS) said in a statement on Twitter.
RBSS is a group of citizen journalists who work to expose human rights abuses in Raqa, the northeastern city that IS uses as its de facto capital in Syria.
A friend of Jerf's said he had been “supposed to arrive in Paris this week after receiving, along with his family, a visa for asylum in France”.
Jerf was also editor in chief of Hentah, a Syrian magazine that reports on the “daily lives of Syrian citizens”, said the publication’s website.
Turkish media reported that the 37-year-old had been producing a documentary on massacres carried out by IS jihadists when he was killed.
“He was hit by a bullet in the head as he was walking in the street and taken to hospital, where he died,” the T24 news website reported.
This is not the first time a Syrian occupation figure has been murdered in Turkey.
At the end of October, IS claimed responsibility for killing militant Ibrahim Abdelkader and a friend. They were found decapitated in a house in Sanliurfa in southern Turkey.


Syrian film maker documenting Islamic State atrocities is ‘assassinated’ in Turkey

Activist Naji Jerf, who was exposing massacres committed by the Islamic State group, was the father of two young daughters. Photo: RBSS/Twitter

Islamic State jihadists flee, as fall of Ramadi hands Iraq a landmark victory

A member from the Iraqi security forces holds an Iraqi flag in the city of Ramadi, December 27, 2015. REUTERS/Stringer EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVE TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

A member of Iraq's elite counter-terrorism service flashes the "V" for victory sign on December 27, 2015 in the Hoz neighbourhood in central Ramadi, the capital of Iraq's Anbar province, about 110 kilometers west of Baghdad, during military operations conducted by Iraqi pro-government forces against the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group. Jihadist fighters abandoned their last stronghold in Ramadi today, bringing Iraqi federal forces within sight of their biggest victory since last year's massive offensive by the Islamic State group. AFP PHOTO / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE

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Smoke rises from Islamic State positions following a U.S.-led coalition airstrike, as Iraqi Security forces enter downtown Ramadi, 70 miles (115 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Dec. 27, 2015. Islamic State fighters are putting up a tough fight in the militant-held city of Ramadi, slowing down the advance of Iraqi forces, Gen. Ismail al-Mahlawi, head of the Anbar military operations, said Sunday. (AP Photo)

Iraqi security forces chant slogans in the city of Ramadi, December 27, 2015. REUTERS/Stringer EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVE

A member from the Iraqi security forces holds an Iraqi flag aloft in the city of Ramadi on Sunday, amid the routing of Islamic State forces there. Photo: Reuters ,

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Islamic State leader says ‘caliphate’ well, mocks Saudi-led alliance

TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY RITA DAOU An image grab taken from a propaganda video released on July 5, 2014 by al-Furqan Media allegedly shows the leader of the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, aka Caliph Ibrahim, adressing Muslim worshippers at a mosque in the militant-held northern Iraqi city of Mosul. In the year since it proclaimed its "caliphate," the Islamic State group has become the world's most infamous jihadist organisation, attracting international franchises and spreading fear with acts of extreme violence. The group proclaimed its self-described caliphate on June 29, 2014, urging Muslims worldwide to pledge allegiance to its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, renamed Caliph Ibrahim. The group pledged to make "the West and the East... submit," and has seized territory in northern and western Iraq and eastern and northern Syria.a. AFP PHOTO / HO / AL-FURQAN MEDIA == RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / HO / AL-FURQAN MEDIA " - NO MARKETING

In this Friday, Dec. 25, 2015 photo, smoke rises from Islamic State positions following a U.S.-led coalition airstrike as Iraqi Security forces advance their position in downtown Ramadi, 70 miles (115 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq. Iraqi forces entered the Huz at dawn, an area housing a government compound in the center of Ramadi, part of a major offensive aimed at dislodging the Islamic State terrorist militia from the western city, an Iraqi official said. (AP Photo)

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi: ‘It is the battle of all the disbelievers against all the Muslims.’ Photo: AFP

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