BEIRUT: Two journalists from Turkiye’s Kurdish-majority southeast were killed in Syria on Thursday, reportedly by a Turkish drone, while covering clashes between an Ankara-backed militia and US-backed Kurdish fighters in Syria, journalists’ groups said.

Nazim Dastan, 32, and Cihan Bilgin, 29, were killed near the Tishrin dam east of Aleppo when their car was hit, the Dicle Firat Journalists’ Association said.

“We condemn this attack on our colleagues and demand accountability,” it said.

The two worked for Syrian Kurdish media outlets Rojnews and the Anha news agency.

The Turkish Journa­lists Union condemned the attack, saying they were “allegedly targeted by a Turkish UAV”, the technical name for a drone.

“We condemn the attack. Journalists cannot be subjected to attack while performing a sacred duty.

Published in Dawn, December 21st, 2024