Syrian artists paint mural in tribute to Shireen Abu Akleh

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Syrian artists paid tribute to slain Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh by creating a mural depicting the scene where Israeli troops killed her in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday. Aziz Al-Asmar, 50, and Anis Hamdoun painted Abu Akleh lying face down, blood dripping from a gunshot wound to her head and helmet and press vest clearly visible, as she could be seen in video footage captured at the scene of her death. Abu Akleh was covering an Israeli security raid in Jenin refugee camp when she was fired upon, and the Idlib province mural shows the veteran reporter bleeding into a camera …

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