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NGOs are urging Syrian rebels to release a Ukrainian journalist, Anhar Kochneva, who is set to be executed on Dec. 13. Meanwhile the group behind the kidnapping warned it would now target all Russians, Ukrainians and Iranians on Syrian soil.

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), ARTICLE 19, the
International Press Institute and Reporters Without Borders issued a
joint statement expressing deep concern about Kochneva’s life and urging
the leadership of the Free Syrian Army and of the Syrian Opposition
Coalition to ensure that the journalist is safe and set free.

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