Damascus, Nov 4 (IANS/AKI): A woman Syrian broadcast journalist was killed by a mortar shell in Damascus as she left home to go to work, the media reported on Wednesday.
Batoul Moukhles al-Warar was killed and several others were injured in the mortar attack on the suburb of Harasta on Tuesday, police said.
The shell was reportedly fired from rebel positions in the eastern suburb of Damascus.
Al-Warar worked for Syria's state-run religious satellite TV station Nour al-Sham TV and Damascus Radio, where she was a presenter.