The Russian Foreign Ministry on Tuesday cautioned all Russian reporters based in Syria against visiting “areas of combat operations.”
Russian reporters in Syria were strongly urged to “comply with all the demands from Syrian authorities, including the obligatory acquisition of accreditation,” the ministry said in a message posted on its website.
Last week, French journalist Remy Ochlik and American Marie Colvin were killed in the Syrian city of Homs.
According to the opposition Local Coordination Committees, 64 people had been killed while trying to flee the Baba Amr neighborhood in Homs during heavy shelling by forces supporting President Bashar al-Assad.
The calls come as both Western and Arab nations increased their pressure on Assad’s regime, calling for an immediate end to bloodshed in Syria, which according to Syrian rights groups has claimed more than 7,000 lives since the uprising against the current authorities began 11 months ago.
