The only specialised paediatric hospital in besieged east Aleppo has come under attack for the second time since airstrikes resumed on 15 November, destroying three floors and leaving it out of service. Three other hospitals have also take direct hits, resulting in casualties amongst staff and...
Over the last three weeks, at least 321 children have been wounded in Syrian and Russian airstrikes. Medical authorities also fear a rise in the number of children suffering from water-borne diseases while medical supplies still can’t reach the besieged city. The indiscriminate bombing by Syrian...
Interview of Carlos Francisco, Head of Mission of MSF for Syria “They have been abandoned by the world – the whole world is witnessing the city being destroyed, but nobody is doing anything to stop it,” says MSF head of mission Carlos Francisco. “This is the feeling shared by the 35 doctors left in...
Four major reference hospitals that it supports have been hit by bombing and shelling in opposition controlled areas in Rural Damascus Governorate, says Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). While Aleppo continues to be a focus of attention – military, diplomatic and humanitarian - these incidents...
Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) demands that the Syrian and allied governments stop the bombing that is provoking a bloodbath among civilians in the city. On 28 September, just hours before the UNSC met to discuss the implementation of resolution 2286 on the protection of...
Two hospitals in eastern Aleppo were severely damaged last night during the ongoing, indiscriminate bombing of the city and have been forced to halt all activities. These attacks caused the death of at least two patients inside the hosp itals and injured two medical staff members as well. Both of...
Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is deeply shocked by the 19 September attack on an aid convoy aiming to help people in need in Aleppo governorate, Syria. A UN and SARC convoy was hit and a number of SARC personnel lost their lives trying to deliver aid to the people of Urm Al...
Al Zahraa hospital has this week been the latest hospital to be damaged by an airstrike in besieged east Aleppo, where 250,000 people are now trapped in an increasingly unsustainable situation. The medical facility was hit during the bombing on Tuesday evening and had to stop activities after doors...
A busy MSF-supported hospital serving a population of 70,000 people was destroyed by aerial bombing in Millis town, Idlib Governorate, Syria on Saturday 6 August, said Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). Four hospital staff and nine others - five children and two women - were killed in the two aerial...
