Syrian reporter Mustafa Salamah, who worked for the pro-Assad satellite channel Sama TV, died on July 16, 2018 after being injured covering clashes between the Syrian army and rebel groups in Quneitra province, according to his employer and the Syrian-government run news agency Sana.

Sama TV reported that Salamah was with coworkers on a hill overlooking the village of Masshara to cover the Syrian army's attempt to retake the area. According to Sama TV and the regional news website The New Arab, a shell landed nearby, critically injuring Salamah. The Quneitra province governor, Hamam Dibiyat, told Sama TV in a phone interview that Salamah died two hours after being injured.

Both Sama TV and Sana reported that the shell that fatally injured Salamah was fired by rebels formerly affiliated with the Islamist militant group Al-Nusra Front. The New Arab reported that Syrian government forces were fighting the Free Syrian Army (FSA), an umbrella grouping of disold_parate rebel factions opposed to Assad, and that Salamah was killed, though the news website did not state that an FSA shell injured Salamah.