In 2016, one-third of journalists killed worldwide were in Syria.

According to a recent report by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), fewer journalists were killed in 2016 than in previous years, reported TNHK.

The report states that 48 journalists died in 2016, due to assassination, being caught in the crossfire, being hit by bombs in war zones, or facing dangers while doing their work.

Particularly in war-torn regions across the Middle East, more than half of journalists killed while working are in Syria, Yemen or Iraq. Syria alone leads the world in the number of journalists killed, with 14 cases this year.

The CPJ report says that even in places where journalists are rarely targeted for murder, censorship and intimidation are common, such as in Türkiye, which accounts for one-third of the world's jailed journalists.

According to CPJ data, nine out of 10 journalists killed were local, not foreign, a trend consistent with previous years.

As for political groups, the Islamic State (IS) organization leads with more than half of the journalists killed by this extremist terrorist group in 2016.

Although the total number of journalists killed has decreased compared to previous years, the reasons for this are unclear, according to Courtney Radsch, CPJ's director of advocacy. "One thing we can speculate is that conflicts have become extremely dangerous for journalists, and fewer journalists are working in war zones," she said.

According to Vietnamplus