MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Commenting on the death of the stringer, who was caught in a Daesh (a terror group outlawed in Russia) rocket fire in the Homs province, Simonyan said that the incident has become a "grief" for his family, colleagues and all the people who knew him.
"Stringer, with whom our Arabic television channel worked, was killed today in Syria. Grief for the family, for colleagues, for all who knew him…" Simonyan wrote on Twitter.
Стрингер, с которым сотрудничал наш арабский телеканал, погиб сегодня в Сирии. Горе для семьи, для коллег, для всех, кто знал…
— Маргарита Симоньян (@M_Simonyan) July 30, 2017
"Courage to relatives, friends and colleagues of Khalid, to everyone who knew and loved him. We will do everything we can to help his family in this situation," Simonyan added.
Earlier in the day, RT reported that Khaled G. Alkhateb, a stringer who worked with the RT Arabic broadcaster, had been killed during a rocket fire carried out by the Daesh terrorist group in Syria's western province of Homs.
Khaled's last post on Facebook reveals his location in Al-Sukhnah, Syria, with his comment, 'Oh, God' https://t.co/1OWexzZ8vm pic.twitter.com/oLJZ81FoR7
— RT (@RT_com) 30 июля 2017 г.
According to Alkhateb's social media accounts he was born in 1992 and joined RT Arabic on June 12, 2017.
Since 2011, Syria has been engulfed in a civil war, with government forces fighting against numerous opposition and terrorist groups, including al-Nusra Front and Daesh, banned in a range of countries, including Russia.
