In Just 12 Hours, Russia Bombed Four Syrian Hospitals. We Have Proof. (NYT)

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/13/world/middleeast/russia-bombing-syrian-hospitals.html

In Just 12 Hours, Russia Bombed Four Syrian Hospitals. We Have Proof.
By Evan Hill and Christiaan Triebert
Oct. 13, 2019, 3:00 a.m. ET

The Russian Air Force has repeatedly bombed hospitals in Syria in order to crush the last pockets of resistance to President Bashar al-Assad, according to an investigation by The New York Times.

An analysis of previously unpublished Russian Air Force radio recordings, plane spotter logs and witness accounts allowed The Times to trace bombings of four hospitals in just 12 hours in May and tie Russian pilots to each one.

The 12-hour period beginning on May 5 represents a small slice of the air war in Syria, but it is a microcosm of Russia’s four-year military intervention in Syria’s civil war. A new front in the conflict opened this week, when Turkish forces crossed the border as part of a campaign against a Kurdish-led militia.

Russia has long been accused of carrying out systematic attacks against hospitals and clinics in rebel-held areas as part of a strategy to help Mr. Assad secure victory in the eight-year-old war.