Robert Mahoney is the Committee to Protect Journalists’ deputy director. He writes and speaks on press freedom, and has led CPJ missions to global hot spots from Iraq to Sri Lanka. He worked as a reporter, bureau chief and editor for Reuters around the world. Follow him on Twitter https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/contributor/robert-mahoney/rss en ISIS Opposition Groups & Rebel Forces Wed, 19 Aug 2015 00:00:00 +0000 Robert Mahoney https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2015/08/19/a-year-after-james-foley-and-steven-sotloff-murders-more-awareness-of-risks https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2015/08/19/a-year-after-james-foley-and-steven-sotloff-murders-more-awareness-of-risks Syrian journalists continue to risk their lives in a country that most foreign journalists deem too dangerous to venture into, writes CPJ’s Robert Mahoney.