NBC crew last IS victim in SyriaBy ASSOCIATED PRESShome/News/World/NBC crew last IS victim in SyriaBAGHOUZ, Syria: A driver-crew working with NBC News reporters in Syria was killed Sunday by an explosive device in eastern Syria, where several media outlets are covering the liberation of the last sliver of territory held by the Islamic State (IS) group. The driver was believed to be the last victim of the dreaded group before they were formally terminated Saturday noon, reports said. Noah Oppenheim, president of NBC News, said in a statement that NBC employees escaped unharmed, and expressed “deepest sympathies” to the driver’s family and loved ones. Several media outlets are in Syria to cover the military defeat of IS in the small eastern village of Baghouz. The victory announced Saturday marks the end of the extremist group’s self-styled caliphate, which once sprawled across a third of Syria and Iraq.

Source: Manila Times March 24, 2019 17:15 UTC