Shelling of Hospital in Syria Kills 7, Another 8 Presumed Dead - MSF

A shelling of a hospital in northwestern Syria supported by the Doctors Without Borders (MSF) resulted in a death of at least seven people while eight missing employees of the facility are presumed dead, the organization said Monday.

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

Earlier in the day, MSF said that the airstrikes on the 30-bed health facility left around 40,000 people in the active conflict zone without medical services. The airstrikes came within a few minutes of each other, in what it said appeared to be a deliberate attack, the organization added.

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.