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Attacks on Civilian Facilities in Syria May Constitute War Crimes - UNSC

© REUTERS / Abdalrhman IsmailBurnt vehicles are pictured in front of the damaged the Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF)-backed al-Quds hospital after it was hit by airstrikes, in a rebel-held area of Syria's Aleppo, April 28, 2016
Burnt vehicles are pictured in front of the damaged the Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF)-backed al-Quds hospital after it was hit by airstrikes, in a rebel-held area of Syria's Aleppo, April 28, 2016 - Sputnik International
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Recent attacks in Syria, which claimed the lives of civilians, may amount to war crimes, Amr Abdellatif Aboulatta, Permanent Representative of Egypt to the UN and President of the Security Council in May, said Thursday.

Staffs of Doctors Without Borders, also known by its French name Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), hold stretchers with a target on it during a demonstration on November 3, 2015 in Geneva. - Sputnik International
'Even Wars Have Rules': UN Demands an End to Hospital Attacks
UNITED NATIONS (Sputnik) — Since late April, several attacks on medical facilities and other civilian objects have taken place in war-torn Syria.

"The members of the Security Council expressed outrage at all recent attacks in Syria directed against civilians and civilian objects including medical facilities, as well as all indiscriminate attacks, and stressed that these actions may amount to war crimes," Aboulatta said while reading the UN Security Council joint statement.

A US-Russia-brokered ceasefire came into force across Syria on February 27. Daesh and al-Nusra Front terrorist groups were not part of the deal. Despite the ceasefire agreement, violence has escalated in Syria in recent weeks, especially in the northern Aleppo region.

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