On Saturday evening a hospital in northern Aleppo, supported by SAMS – one of the International Rescue Committee’s (IRC) partner organisations – was hit by explosive weapons, resulting in multiple casualties, including humanitarian workers. The attack completely destroyed the hospital’s emergency room and the labour and delivery room. The outpatient department has been
At least 22 civilians killed and 45 wounded in shelling of hospital in Afrin in northwest Syria. Local sources blame Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces.
Missiles attacked a hospital in a northern Syrian town killed at least 13 people, including two medical staff. The governor's office blamed the attack on Syrian Kurdish groups.
At least 13 people, including two medical staff, have been killed and several wounded in two separate artillery attacks in the northern Syrian town of Afrin controlled by Turkey-backed fighters, activists and an aid group said on Sunday.
The first attack struck a residential area, while the second hit a hospital shortly afterwards, civil defence sources told Reuters news agency. Video footage on social media showed casualties amid the ruins of the al-Shifa hospital, which went out of service after the attack.
It was not immediately clear who was behind the shelling, which reportedly came from areas where Syrian government troops and Kurdish-led fighters are deployed.