3, including journalist killed in Syria

File photo shows the wreckage of a bus damaged in a bomb explosion in Damascus, Syria.

At least three people, including a journalist, have been killed in a bomb attack in northwestern Syria, state news agency SANA says.

According to the report, Fakhreddine Hassan, who worked for a publication of the country™s ruling Baath party and two others were killed in the province of Idlib.

The victims were reportedly killed after a bomb explosion hit their bus, leaving at least nine others injured.

The International Reporters Without Borders watchdog has recently reported that 23 journalists have been killed in the unrest in Syria.

Syria has been gripped by deadly unrest since 2011.

According to reports, the Western powers and their regional allies — especially Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey — are supporting foreign militants operating inside Syria.

Thousands of people, including Syrian soldiers, have lost their lives in the violence in the Arab country.

In a recent statement, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said the number of Syrian refugees, who have fled the country™s 29-month-long conflict, reached two million.

The UN refugee agency further said some 4.2 million people have also been displaced inside Syria since the beginning of the conflict in the Arab country.

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