A number of independent media outlets opened in the wake of the Arab Spring but lack of funding and poor governance has seen them fold
The painful death of Syria’s independent media
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Rizik Al-Abi
Rizik Al-Abi
Rizik Al-Abi is a Syrian journalist residing in Turkey. He studied journalism at Damascus University and is the editor-in-xhief of Tafaseel Press and the former editor-in-chief of a number of Syrian news websites. He is a member of the Syrian Journalists Association.
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