Serena Shim (Arabic: سيرينا علي سحيم‎,[3] Serena Ali Suhaim;[3] October 10, 1985[citation needed] – October 19, 2014) was an American journalist for Press TV. While covering the Siege of Kobanê as a war correspondent, she was allegedly killed in a car crash. Her employer called the accident "suspicious" as she was killed two days after Turkey accused her of spying.[4]