Ruptly video agency cameraman killed in Iraq

Ruptly video cameraman Saaf Ghali has been killed in Iraq. Margarita Simonyan, editor-in-chief of the RT channel, announced this on Twitter. She gave no other details.

RT clarifies that the cameraman was killed after a demonstration he filmed for the local media.

• Ruptly is part of the RT channel. This is the first Russian video agency operating at the international level.