DAMASCUS (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 05th June, 2019) The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have detained a correspondent of Syria's Ikhbariya state tv channel, Muhammad as-Saghir, and moved him to an unknown location, the TV channel said.
"Muhammad as-Saghir was detained by the SDF at a checkpoint while returning from Al Hasakah to Qamishli and was moved to an unknown location," his colleague told the TV channel on Tuesday.
According to the journalist, the detained correspondent filmed wheat field fires in Al Hasakah province and had evidence that the SDF were "in no hurry to put out the fires."
He noted that the channel currently had no contact with the correspondent, thereby being unable to establish his exact location.
The journalist also argued that the SDF were seeking to destroy the Syrian authorities' wheat stocks, with their actions being "one of the means of the US economic war" against Damascus.
The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces retain control over the northeast of Syria. The cities of Al Hasakah and Qamishli are, however, under the Syrian government's control.�
