France Probes 2012 Reporters' Deaths In Syria As Crime Against Humanity

Marie Colvin (L) and Remi Ochlik (R) ere killed by an explosion in eastern Syria in what a US court later ruled was an attack that targeted journalists on the orders of the Syrian government (Credit: AFP)

The French judiciary is investigating the 2012 deaths of reporters in Syria as a possible crime against humanity, anti-terror prosecutors told AFP on Tuesday.

Prominent US journalist Marie Colvin and French photographer Remi Ochlik were killed by an explosion in the east of the war-torn country in what a US court later ruled was an "unconscionable" attack that targeted journalists on the orders of the Syrian government.