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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAt least three hospitals have been bombed by fighter jets in north-western Syria since Russia’s
intervention in the war began in late September, doctors and international observers claim."
Three Syrian hospitals bombed since Russian airstrikes began, doctors say
The latest attack, on Tuesday, killed at least 12 people at Sarmin hospital in Idlib province. At least three of the victims were believed to be medical staff. Survivors and witnesses said the hospital was hit by two airstrikes at about 1pm.
Dr Mohamed Tennari, director of Sarmin hospital, said the facility appeared to have been directly targeted and could no longer serve patients on one of the fiercest frontlines in the war. He said the hospital had been the target of at least 10 other airstrikes earlier in the conflict. Throughout the war, international medical organisations have repeatedly claimed that medical facilities in opposition areas have been systematically targeted.
Physicians for Human Rights said it had documented 307 attacks on medical facilities and the deaths of 670 medical personnel in Syria since protests against the regime of Bashar al-Assad began in March 2011 until the end of August 2015. Syrian government forces have been responsible for more than 90% of these attacks, the organisation said. Each of which constitutes a war crime.
The latest attack comes less than two weeks after a US attack on a hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, which killed at least 22 people 12 of them medical professionals and the rest patients. That attack was widely condemned and has forced an apology from senior US officials, as well as several international investigations. Khaled Almilaji, the country director of Medical Relief in Syria, said: The whole world has to be just as angry as they were with what happened in Afghanistan. Their anger must not just be directed at Bashar, who has been inhuman with us, but also at the Russians, who are just as bad, but more accurate in their targeting.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/22/three-syrian-hospitals-bombed-since-russian-airstrikes-began-doctors-say
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At least three hospitals have been bombed by fighter jets in north-western Syria since Russia’s (Original Post)
pampango
Oct 2015
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n2doc
(47,953 posts)1. Yep. n/t
Octafish
(55,745 posts)2. War IS a crime.
War also is profitable.
So, which wins out?
And who keeps the profits?