Journalist killed in Syria

A journalist has been killed in the war-ravaged Syrian city of Aleppo, the French presidential palace confirmed Friday.
He is Yves Debay. According to his profile on Linkedin.com, he worked for Opex Press-Assaut, a French magazine based in the Paris area.
"The President of the Republic, speaking on behalf of France, expresses his deep emotion at the death of Yves Debay, French journalist killed in Aleppo, Syria while he was reporting," the palace said.
"France condemns this heinous act and expresses its condolences, sympathy and solidarity to the family and friends of Yves Debay. France pays tribute to Yves Debay and other journalists in Syria, who are paying with their lives for their commitment to freedom of information."
He is the latest journalist to die in the Syrian warfare, a conflict that morphed into a civil war after the government cracked down on peaceful protesters in March 2011. More than 60,000 people have died in the fighting, including several dozen professional and citizen journalists.
A Syrian opposition group posted a video on its Facebook page saying the man was killed by government troops. In the video, someone can be heard saying "who brought his body in."
Another activist reads a brief statement, saying: "This is the body of the French journalist Yves who was killed by Assad gangs while covering the war in Aleppo."
At least 92 people have been killed Friday in Syria, the opposition Local Coordination Committees of Syria said. Of those, 37 deaths occurred in Aleppo, most in aerial shelling on the Mohafaza neighborhood.