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| Syria civil war: At least two dead after maternity hospital hit by air strikes in rebel-held Idlib province | |
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| One of the biggest maternity hospitals in a rebel-held area of Syria has been bombed, leaving at least two people dead and many injured. | |
| Save the Children, which supports the hospital in rural Idlib province, said air strikes struck the front of the building on Friday afternoon. | |
| Caroline Anning, a spokesperson for the charity, told The Independent at least two people were dead but that the toll may rise as recovery work continues. | |
| "This is the first time it has happened to one of our facilities in Syria," she added. | |
| Photos showed part of the building completely destroyed, leaving piles of rubble in the street and treatment rooms strewn with debris. | Photos showed part of the building completely destroyed, leaving piles of rubble in the street and treatment rooms strewn with debris. |
| The hospital is the largest in the immediate area and delivers more than 700 babies every month. | |
| There was no immediate confirmation of who carried out the strike but Bashar al-Assad’s regime forces or Russian allies were suspected. | There was no immediate confirmation of who carried out the strike but Bashar al-Assad’s regime forces or Russian allies were suspected. |
| Idlib province is almost completely under rebel control, including a strong presence of al-Qaeda’s Jabhat al-Nusra group. | |
| It claimed it had split from Osama bin-Laden’s terror organisation on Thursday and re-named itself as Jabhat Fateh al-Sham (Front for the Conquest of the Levant) in a suspected attempt to garner greater support from moderate rebel groups and international backers. | It claimed it had split from Osama bin-Laden’s terror organisation on Thursday and re-named itself as Jabhat Fateh al-Sham (Front for the Conquest of the Levant) in a suspected attempt to garner greater support from moderate rebel groups and international backers. |
| Friday's bombing was the latest in a series of air raids hitting medical facilities in Syria, including others in Idlib province, as well as neighbouring Aleppo. | |
| The medical charity Doctors Without Borders said it believed suspected air strikes on its hospital in Maarat al-Numan in February was a "deliberate attack" |