A French journalist was one of 10 people arrested in Istanbul late Monday at a protest over a Syrian government offensive targeting Kurdish fighters, the pro-Kurdish DEM party told French news agency AFP.

Journalist Nedim Oruç was detained today while covering a protest in the Kurdish-populated southeastern province of Şırnak. The protest was organized to denounce recent attacks on Kurdish neighborhoods in Syria 's Aleppo.

A French journalist who was arrested while covering a protest over a Syrian government offensive targeting Kurdish fighters has been released, though it is not clear whether the charges against him have been dropped .

At least 19 journalists have been arrested, 36 journalists shot at by police with projectiles, and 76 journalists have been assaulted during the period of May 28 through 31 while covering protests throughout the US. Those figures are according to research ...

Presse (AFP) on Monday that the journalist, who works as a correspondent for several French outlets including 'Courrier International,' had been taken into custody.