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BEIRUT, LEBANON (6:40 P.M.) – A U.S. court has ordered the Syrian government to pay the family of journalist Marie Colvin a large sum of money after the judge found Damascus responsible for her death.

According to the judgment that was released last night, the Syrian government is ordered to pay the family of Marie Colvin $302.5 million for what the court called an ‘unconscionable’ attack.

The judgment claimed that the Syrian military and their intelligence apparatus targeted the broadcasts of Colvin and other journalists during the siege of Homs.

Furthermore, the judgment read that Colvin was killed during the “deliberate shelling of the Bab Amr Media Center in Homs on February 22, 2012.”

French photographer Remi Ochlik was also present during the attack and was found dead inside the Bab Amr District of Homs city.

Judge Amy Berman Jackson ruled in favor of the complaint by members of Colvin’s family that her death was an extrajudicial killing in violation of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act.

“Marie Colvin was a journalist who was killed by the Syrian government while reporting on the atrocities occurring during civil war,” Jackson wrote.

“She was specifically targeted because of her profession, for the purpose of silencing those reporting on the growing opposition movement in the country.”

Cathleen Colvin, who brought the lawsuit with her three children, said: “It’s been almost seven years since my sister was killed by the Assad Regime, and not a day goes by when I don’t think of her.”

“Marie dedicated her life to fighting for justice on behalf of the victims of war and ensuring that their stories were heard,” she added.