Syrian
planes strike hospitals in rebel northwest, killing 11: MSF
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[August 15, 2015]
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian warplanes
have killed 11 people in strikes against hospitals in rebel-held Idlib
province in the past week, the international charity Medecins Sans
Frontieres said on Friday.
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"These attacks ... indicate an increasing pattern of healthcare
structures and civilians being affected as a result of the ongoing
war," MSF said in a statement.
Three hospital workers were among the dead, and 31 others were
wounded in the strikes, which took place between Aug. 7 and 10.
MSF's head of mission for Syria, Sylvain Groulx, said hospitals in
Idlib city, capital of the province, had suffered bombardments since
it fell to a coalition of Islamist insurgents in March.
But he said the use of targeted air strikes was a worrying new
development.
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little bit different than these barrel bombs that just fall out of
the sky," Groulx said by telephone.
"It's completely contrary to international law."
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He said all sides fighting in the more than 4-year-old civil war,
which has killed a quarter of a million people, were responsible for
attacks on healthcare facilities, but the majority had been carried
out by government forces.
(Reporting by John Davison; Editing by Kevin Liffey)
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