Turkey: Belgian journalists held in SE Turkey

9/14/2015 3:26:41 AM

(MENAFN- The Journal Of Turkish Weekly) Turkish policemen briefly detained three Belgian journalists -- who planned to cross into Syria -- insoutheastern province of Sanliurfa on Sunday.

Security sources who spoke on the condition of anonymity said the journalists wanted to enter Syria to cover war-torn Kurdish-populatedKobani town near the border with Turkey.

The journalists Robin Rama Ekers Jo Verstichel and Nicolas Becker were freed after being questioned over observing the Kobani side from a house in Sanliurfa’s border district of Birecik.

Daesh militant groupattacked Kobani in mid-September 2014 with the town turning into a scene of fierce clashes between Kurdish groups and the militants.

Kobani has been declared free from Daesh but the city was totally destroyed during the war and about 180000 Syrian Kurdish refugees remain in Turkey.

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