Reuters cameraman wounded by Syrian sniper

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Ahmed Jadallah / ReutersAyman al-Sahili, a Reuters cameraman, receives first aid after he was shot in the leg by a sniper loyal to Syrian President Bashar el-Assad while filming on the front line in Syria's north city of Aleppo on Dec. 31.By Reuters

A Reuters television cameraman was shot in the leg and wounded while filming on  the front line in Syria's northern city of Aleppo on Monday.

Ayman al-Sahili, a Libyan citizen working  as part of a Reuters multi-media reporting team, was hit by a rifle bullet fired  from a distance. He was treated in Syria and then driven across the border to  Turkey. His injury was not life-threatening.

The ambulance transporting Sahili to Turkey  encountered an air strike in Aleppo and maneuvered into an alley until it was  safe to continue the journey.

Syria was by far the most dangerous country  for journalists in 2012, with 28 killed there during the year according to the  Committee to Protect Journalists, a watchdog group. Read the full story.Ahmed Jadallah / ReutersAyman al-Sahili is carried on a stretcher after he was wounded by a sniper loyal to Syrian President Bashar el-Assad in Syria's north city of Aleppo on Dec. 31.Ahmed Jadallah / ReutersAyman al-Sahili is carried away in Syria's north city of Aleppo on Dec. 31.Ahmed Jadallah / ReutersA Free Syrian Army fighter pulls a boy off the street as a sniper fires during fighting with forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar el-Assad in Aleppo city on Dec. 31.Follow @NBCNewsPictures  

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[Folami David]

Syria, what a distressed country.They need help more than any other country right now