This article is from the source 'independent' and was first published or seen on . It last changed over 40 days ago and won't be checked again for changes.
You can find the current article at its original source at http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/syria-air-strikes-two-day-old-baby-dies-as-four-hospitals-hit-in-aleppo-a7153641.html
The article has changed 4 times. There is an RSS feed of changes available.
| Version 1 | Version 2 |
|---|---|
| Syria air strikes: Two-day old baby dies as four hospitals hit in Aleppo | Syria air strikes: Two-day old baby dies as four hospitals hit in Aleppo |
| (35 minutes later) | |
| Air strikes by Syrian government forces have hit four makeshift hospitals and a blood bank in the city of Aleppo, killing a two-day-old baby. | Air strikes by Syrian government forces have hit four makeshift hospitals and a blood bank in the city of Aleppo, killing a two-day-old baby. |
| The strikes took place over the space of 24 hours as part of an overnight raid in the Al-Shaar neighbourhood on Sunday. | The strikes took place over the space of 24 hours as part of an overnight raid in the Al-Shaar neighbourhood on Sunday. |
| The hospitals, which provide urgent medical care to more than 200,000 civilians, were out of action on Sunday. | |
| A newborn boy was killed when his oxygen supply was cut off after the raid in the early hours of the morning, AFP reported. | |
| Footage posted online by the Independent Doctors Association (IDA), a group that provides emergency medical care in the city, shows the aftermath of one of the attacks. In the film, a small baby is carried in a room filled with incubators. The camera shows that outside the children's hospital, the dust from the strike has not yet settled. | |
| The IDA say their children’s hospital, the only paediatric facility in the Syrian city, had been hit twice by strikes over a period of 12 hours. | The IDA say their children’s hospital, the only paediatric facility in the Syrian city, had been hit twice by strikes over a period of 12 hours. |
| The head nurse at the children's facility said: "The situation is so bad. The hospital is greatly damaged and this is not the first time." | The head nurse at the children's facility said: "The situation is so bad. The hospital is greatly damaged and this is not the first time." |
| The IDA are saying the strikes that repeatedly plague the area are causing a "major humanitarian disaster". The group allege goverment forces targeted the medical centres on purpose. | The IDA are saying the strikes that repeatedly plague the area are causing a "major humanitarian disaster". The group allege goverment forces targeted the medical centres on purpose. |
| "The Syrian regime realises that killing a doctor means a huge defeat. It tries to eliminate and destroy medical services," Dr. Naser, a paediatrician with the group said in a statement. | "The Syrian regime realises that killing a doctor means a huge defeat. It tries to eliminate and destroy medical services," Dr. Naser, a paediatrician with the group said in a statement. |
| The strikes occurred hours before President Bashar al-Assad’s government announced it was intent on finding a political solution to the war in Syria and was prepared to engage in peace talks. | The strikes occurred hours before President Bashar al-Assad’s government announced it was intent on finding a political solution to the war in Syria and was prepared to engage in peace talks. |
| "Syria ... is ready to continue the Syrian-Syrian dialogue without any preconditions ... and without foreign interference, with the support of the United Nations,” a foreign ministry spokesperson said, according to state news agency SANA. | "Syria ... is ready to continue the Syrian-Syrian dialogue without any preconditions ... and without foreign interference, with the support of the United Nations,” a foreign ministry spokesperson said, according to state news agency SANA. |