Syrian journalist Zeinat Erhayem in Aleppo has received an award for courage in journalism, Orient TV reported. She works in Aleppo in northern Syria and received this award from Reporters Without Borders and Agence France Presse.

Erhayem has in the past two years been able to teach and train over 100 Syrian civilians, one third of whom being women, in the field of journalism. She has also launched a number of independent newspapers and magazines in Syria.