The France Médias Monde Académie, supported by CFI, the French media development agency, organised a second conference for professional journalists in Damascus on 21 and 22 September, following on from the one held in August.

A total of nearly 60 Syrian journalists from public television (ORTAS), the press agency (SANA) and the Union of Syrian Journalists took part in this training course on editorial strategy on social media.

France 24's correspondent in Syria, Dana Alboz, accompanied Oussama Al Koussi, deputy editor-in-chief.