MOSCOW (Sputnik) — MSF said the hospital in the northwestern Syrian city of Maarat al-Numan, in the Idlib province, was hit by four rockets earlier on Monday. It did not say which of the warring parties was suspected to be behind the attack.
At least seven killed and eight missing in another #MSF-supported hospital attack in Idlib province — #Syria pic.twitter.com/IpMXJv3d9N
— أطباء بلا حدود سوريا (@MSF_Syria) 15 февраля 2016
"5 patients, a caretaker and a hospital guard were killed & 8 members of staff are missing, presumed dead," the MSF said on Twitter.
#Idlib: “The destruction of the hospital leaves around 40,000 people without medical services." #Syria pic.twitter.com/6NSaD5qy48
— MSF International (@MSF) 15 февраля 2016
In contravention of UN Cease fire & #IHL —An MSF supported hospital was attacked & destroyed this morning in #Syria pic.twitter.com/cGiGTfJMZQ
— Stephen Cornish (@Stephen_Cornish) 15 февраля 2016
Last week, at least three people were killed and six wounded in airstrikes on a MSF-supported hospital in the Daraa province in southwestern Syria.
Syria has been mired in a civil war since 2011, with government forces loyal to President Bashar Assad fighting a number of opposition factions and terrorist groups, such as Daesh and al-Nusra Front.