United States - Feb 22, 2012 - 13:53

The deaths of two Western journalists in Syria are "another example of the shameless brutality" of the Syrian regime, US State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland told AFP news agency on Wednesday.

Nuland was referring to US-born Sunday Times war correspondent Marie Colvin and freelance French photojournalist Remi Ochlik, who were killed in the city  of Homs on Wednesday by shelling from President Bashar al-Assad's forces.