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Airstrike destroys MSF-supported clinic in northern Syria | Airstrike destroys MSF-supported clinic in northern Syria |
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A makeshift clinic supported by Médecins Sans Frontières has been destroyed by an airstrike in northern Syria. | |
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The charity said at least eight staff members are missing after the attack in the town of Maaret al-Numan, in Idlib province, about 170 miles north of Damascus. | |
The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the makeshift hospital was hit by a suspected Russian strike, and that nine people died. The raids also left dozens wounded, said SOHR, which relies on a network of sources on the ground. | |
Massimiliano Rebaudengo, MSF’s head of mission in Syria, said: “This appears to be a deliberate attack on a health structure, and we condemn this attack in the strongest possible terms. | |
“The destruction of the hospital leaves the local population of around 40,000 people without access to medical services in an active zone of conflict.” The 30-bed hospital had 54 staff, two operating theatres, an outpatients department an emergency room, MSF said. | |
In a separate incident seven Russian missiles struck a hospital in the northern town of Azaz, a Turkish security official said. | |
Syrian troops have been on the offensive in northern Syria under the cover of Russian airstrikes. | Syrian troops have been on the offensive in northern Syria under the cover of Russian airstrikes. |