[7] Pro-Syrian opposition source Verify-sy claims Hawar News is affiliated with the Democratic Union Party (PYD).

In 2022, Issam Abdullah and others, including Stêrk TV [ku] worker Mohammed Jarada, were allegedly targeted during Turkish airstrikes in northern Syria.

[4][9] The Committee to Protect Journalists called for Turkish authorities to swiftly investigate the events.

[10] Cîhan Bilgin and Nazim Daştan were killed by a Turkish airstrike in December 2024 whilst working as freelancers for ANHA.

[14][15] Turkish journalists and the leaders of the Istanbul Bar Association have subsequently faced criminal charges over their reporting of the airstrike.