Video: Syria: Camera crew captures attack that killed French journalist Gilles Jacquier Footage shows the camera crew filming the aftermath of another blast from the top of a high-rise building moments before the deadly mortar attack. There is a loud explosion and the crew run to the side of the roof to see what had just happened. The French journalist, who had previously reported from Iraq and Afghanistan, had been in a government-escorted media group visiting a pro-Assad neighbourhood of the divided city of Homs, which has been wracked by protests, crackdowns and sectarian violence. Syria barred most foreign media from the country soon after demonstrations against President Bashar al-Assad's rule began in March, but more journalists have been admitted since the Arab League sent a monitoring mission to check if the authorities were complying with an Arab plan to halt the bloodshed.