Iran’s Press TV has said that its correspondent, Maya Nasser, was killed by “foreign-backed insurgents in sniper fire” while he was reporting on air in the Syrian capital, Damascus.

Press TV and Arabic language Al-Alam TV network’s bureau chief Hussein Murtada also came under attack and was injured by the insurgents on Wednesday, Sept 26.

The two were covering twin blasts in Damascus and the ensuing fighting in the Syrian capital.