Reuters, 15 August 2015 -Syrian warplanes have killed 11 people in strikes against hospitals in rebel-held Idlib province in the past week, the international charity Medecins Sans Frontieres said on Friday.
“These attacks … indicate an increasing pattern of healthcare structures and civilians being affected as a result of the ongoing war,” MSF said in a statement.
Three hospital workers were among the dead, and 31 others were wounded in the strikes, which took place between Aug. 7 and 10.
MSF’s head of mission for Syria, Sylvain Groulx, said hospitals in Idlib city, capital of the province, had suffered bombardments since it fell to a coalition of Islamist insurgents in March.
But he said the use of targeted air strikes was a worrying new development.
“When they’re using missiles that are shot from airplanes, it’s a little bit different than these barrel bombs that just fall out of the sky,” Groulx said by telephone.
“It’s completely contrary to international law.”