ŞANLIURFA — 2015 · Murder

Killing of Two Syrian Journalists in Şanlıurfa

UnsolvedSources: ALast updated: 14 October 2026

On 30 October 2015, Syrian journalists Ibrahim Abdulkader and Fares Hammadi were found dead in a house in the Atatürk neighbourhood of Haliliye district, Şanlıurfa. The two were linked to the "Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently" (RBSS) network, which documented events in ISIS-held Raqqa, and to the "Eye on the Homeland" initiative. ISIS announced that it had carried out the killings. The Committee to Protect Journalists recorded the case among attacks on Syrian journalists in Turkey. According to press reports, the suspects were believed to have fled to Syria afterwards. There is no final conviction for the killings. The case is recorded as the first of the ISIS attacks targeting dissident Syrian journalists in Turkey; another journalist was killed in Gaziantep two months later.

Date: 2015
Place: Haliliye, Şanlıurfa
Category: Murder
Case Status: Unsolved
Coordinates: 37.1600, 38.8000 ↗

Timeline of Events

30 October 2015The two journalists are found dead in a house in the Atatürk neighbourhood
30 October 2015ISIS claims the killings

November 2015Suspects are reported to have fled to Syria
Later yearsNo final conviction is delivered

Sources

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