ISTANBUL: Four foreign journalists including three belonging to Italy and one from France have been detained by Turkish security forces near Syrian border over allegedly crossing Turkish border.
Official Anatolia news agency said that the journalists were arrested at the Mursitpinar border post close to the Syrian Kurdish town of Kobane on Thursday and all were now facing deportation.
According to reports, Paris-based freedom of expression watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) confirmed the arrests while two of the Italians were correspondents for Italian state television station RAI while the French journalist was working for Le Figaro daily.
