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Russia bombed 4 Syria hospitals in 12 hours – report

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The May strikes are part of a larger pattern of medical facilities targeted by forces supporting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in the country's devastating civil war.

WASHINGTON, DC, USA – Russian warplanes bombed 4 hospitals in rebel-held territory in Syria over a period of just 12 hours earlier this year, The New York Times reported on Sunday, October 13.

Nabad al Hayat Surgical Hospital – which staff had fled 3 days earlier in anticipation of the facility being bombed – was one of those struck during the 12-hour period beginning on May 5, according to the Times' investigation. The controller gave the go-ahead for the strike at the same time that a spotter who was tasked with warning civilians about impending strikes logged a Russian jet in the area.

The Kafr Zita Cave Hospital and Al Amal Orthopedic Hospital were also bombed by Russian aircraft during the 12-hour period. All four facilities had provided their coordinates to the United Nations for inclusion on a list to avoid strikes.

 

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