President François Hollande on Friday called the killing of a French journalist in Syria an “odious act” and paid tribute to “all the journalists who pay with their lives for their commitment to freedom of the press.” The journalist, Yves Debay, 58, was killed Thursday in Aleppo, apparently by sniper fire, though the circumstances of his death remain unclear. In Syria on Friday, another journalist, a correspondent for Al Jazeera, Mohamed al-Massalma, was shot to death by a sniper while covering the fighting near Dara’a in the south, The Associated Press reported. Also, two car bombs exploded in Dara’a and a rocket slammed into a building in Aleppo, killing at least 12 people, The A.P. said.

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