MESOP REPORT : „THE BATTLE AGAINST ALEPPO“ – PUTIN BOMBS AGAINS ALL INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS

Russia-Regime Bomb Near Another Hospital in Aleppo City – Russia has bombed at least 40 medical facilities since its aerial intervention last October –  Russian and regime warplanes have bombed near yet another hospital in northwest Syria, this time in an opposition-held area of Aleppo city.

By Scott Lucas – eaworldview – 8 June 2016 – The airstrikes and at least eight barrel bombs targeted the al-Sha’ar district. Missiles hit two buildings away from the hospital, damaging it with the force of the blast, said Abo al-Ezz, the local coordinator for the Syrian-American Medical Society.

The Local Coordination Committee said at least eight people were killed and several wounded.

Ezz said: [Al-Shaar] has been hit several times and the goal seems to be to kill as many people as possible in a crowded area.

It’s an area crowded with civilians and patients who come to these hospitals, so perhaps the target was either civilians or the hospitals.One wave of attacks occurred after civil defence volunteers and emergency personnel arrived on the scene in response to the initial strikes.

Russia has bombed at least 40 medical facilities since its aerial intervention last October. In late April, missiles damaged the al-Quds Hospital in east Aleppo city, killing 55 people and wounding more than 80. Last week, attacks near Idlib’s National Hospital, leaving scores dead and injuring about 250.

Deaths from bombing are also reported in the Salhin district, as well as Kafr Hamra, Hayan, and Hreitan to the north of the city.

A BBC report summarizing the recent Russia-regime attacks on Aleppo

www.mesop.de