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By Staff Writers, teleSUR
teleSUR
Friday, Apr 29, 2016

Bombing of Syrian Hospital Draws Denials and Outrage
 
Women walk past damage near the Doctors without Borders-backed al-Quds hospital after it was hit by airstrikes, in a rebel-held area of Syria's Aleppo, April 28, 2016. | Photo: Reuters

The al-Quds hospital in Aleppo was hit by an airstrike earlier today, but all three major armed forces in the area have denied responsibility.
The bombing of a hospital in Aleppo, Syria, has drawn criticism and denial from all major players in the country's five-year civil war.

"An overnight airstrike on a Syrian hospital in Aleppo killed dozens of civilians, patients, and doctors, including one of the last pediatricians working in the area. Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) is appalled by such a brazen attack on health care workers, patients, and facilities," a statement from PHR read.

At least 50 individuals lost their lives in the airstrike. The destroyed health care facility, called al-Quds field hospital, sits in a rebel-held area. The Syrian airforce, Russia, and the United States have all been conducting bombing raids on areas under the control of extremists, such as the Islamic State group and the al-Nusra Front, the al-Qaida branch in Syria.

However, all three major powers have denied responsibility in the bombing.

The Syrian army has been in the midst of a serious push against rebels in Aleppo, a city half under the control of the Syrian government and half under the control of extremist rebels. Russian jets have assisted the Syrian army in their advance.

Syrian state news agency SANA released a statement denying it was responsible for the airstrike. The Russian defense ministry did the same.

A U.S. military official told CNN that U.S. forces were not operating in the area of the hospital and that their closest strike had been 20 kilometers to the north. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said in a statement that he was "outraged by yesterday's airstrikes in Aleppo on the al-Quds hospital supported by both Doctors Without Borders and the International Committee of the Red Cross, which killed dozens of people, including children, patients and medical personnel."

Civil defence members search for survivors after an airstrike at a field hospital in the rebel held area of al-Sukari district of Aleppo, Syria. Reuters

All three major armed forces have been accused of hitting medical facilities in the past. The most egregious example was that of the Kunduz hospital in Afghanistan, also run by MSF.

In October 2015, U.S. forces still battling the Taliban hit the hospital, killing 42 and injuring more than 30. MSF's internal investigation concluded that it had implemented its "no weapons" policy, and that none of the 105 patients in the hospital were armed at the time of the airstrike.


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