A driver working with NBC News in Syria was killed Saturday after a device exploded near a group of the network's journalists, NBC News’ president said.
"We are thankful that NBC employees escaped unharmed, however one of the local drivers working with them was tragically killed," Noah Oppenheim said.Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.A driver working with NBC News in Syria was killed Saturday after a device exploded in vicinity of a group of the network's journalists, NBC News’ president said.
Oppenheim said that"we are still gathering information from today's events, and are in touch with the driver’s family to support them however we can."The statement did not say where in Syria the explosion occurred. Syria has been in the grip of a civil war, and the Islamic State terror group controlled parts of the country.
The battle for Baghouz, the Islamic State's last holdout and all that remained of the vast territory that it once ruled in Syria and Iraq, had— far longer than either the U.S. military or their allies on the ground had predicted.
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