RT correspondent killed in rocket attacks on ISIS in Syria*
Khalid al-Khatib was killed in the district of es-Sukhna during the media coverage of the operation of the Syrian army.
MOSCOW, 30 Jul — RIA Novosti. RT correspondent Khalid al-Khatib was killed in a rocket attack on ISIS* Syrian province of HOMS, the channel reports.
“The RT TV channel reports on the death of their reporter, Khalid al-Khatib, who was killed today, July 30, during the media coverage of the operation of the Syrian army against the militants in the district of es-Sukhna on the East of HOMS province,” the statement reads in the Arabic version of the website.
In a press-service of the TV channel RIA Novosti has confirmed this information.
In addition, during the shelling was wounded operator RT.
* A terrorist organization banned in Russia.