Damascus says Turkish fire injures foreign journalist in northern Syria

Artillery fire from the Turkish side has wounded a group of foreign journalists in northern Syria near the Turkish borders on Tuesday, state news agency SANA reported.

A group of 33 foreign journalists from Bulgaria, Greece, Germany, the United States, China, Russia and Canada was targeted by artillery fire during their tour in the recently-captured town of Kansaba, which was the last bastion of the Turkey-backed rebels and fell to the army in mid-January.

Citing a military source, SANA said targeting Kanasaba is a violation of the recently established cessation of hostilities in Syria.

"It's a violation to the ceasefire agreement and another evidence on the involvement of the Turkish side in backing the terrorist groups which are trying to thwart the ceasefire," the military source said, according to SANA.

The source said the attack led to the injury of four journalists, a Russian, Chinese, Bulgarian and Canadian, who were covering the cessation of hostilities in northern Latakia.

The cessation of hostilities, which has been in place since the weekend, is still holding in its fourth day Tuesday.

The cessation of hostilities agreement was reached by Russia and the United States. The Syrian government as well as nearly 100 opposition groups announced their agreement.

But the truce excluded the al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front and the Islamic State (IS) group, as both have been designated as terrorist organizations by the UN. Endit