Syria is the world’s deadliest beat for journalists, with at least 52 confirmed killings since fighting began in 2011. But as the country continues to fracture, journalists are increasingly caught between warring factions, becoming targets for an unprecedented rise in kidnappings and abductions.

Since 1998, our organisation has actively monitored the cases of media employees who pay the ultimate price in their efforts to bring us the news.

El reputado caricaturista sirio Ali Farzat, cuyas ilustraciones satíricas publicadas en todo el mundo son claras denuncias de la corrupción y el poder dictatorial que oprimen al país, ha recibido el galardón Gebran Tueni Award 2012, premio que la Asociación Mundial de Periódicos y Editores de Noticias (WAN-IFRA) concede cada año para homenajear a una figura excepcional del mundo mediático árabe.