The images of American journalists slaughtered in front of the camera have not – and will not – leave the memory of their colleagues around the world. Time will not easily erase the gruesome videos that were professionally shot and directed by the Islamic State (IS). This was probably not the first time that media were used to terrorise other media but the purpose was in fact to create a new type of “terror media.” The more video clips IS broadcast, the more people square up to watch bodies and heads being slain. The crimes of IS are no longer only targeting Syrians or Iraqis alone. The hands of the organisation have reached those who entered Syria and Iraq, including journalists seeking to convey the stories of the Syrian people to the outside world, which remains mostly oblivious to what occurs in that boiling spot of the world.