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Syrian maternity hospital bombed, says Save the Children
Source: The Guardian
Syrian maternity hospital bombed, says Save the Children
Charity says the facility that it supports in a rebel-held
area of Idlib province has been extensively damaged
Emma Graham-Harrison
Friday 29 July 2016 22.07 BST
An airstrike has hit a maternity hospital in northern Syria supported by Save the Children, the charity has said.
Two people were killed in the attack, and several others injured including a woman who was six months pregnant who lost her leg. Several babies were also hurt when their incubators crashed to the floor in the attack.
The hospital was the only one providing maternity services in the area and delivered about 300 babies a month.
The strike on the hospital in Kafar Takharim in a rebel-held part of north-western Idlib province came after earlier airstrikes that killed at least five people and injured more than 25, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
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Charity says the facility that it supports in a rebel-held
area of Idlib province has been extensively damaged
Emma Graham-Harrison
Friday 29 July 2016 22.07 BST
An airstrike has hit a maternity hospital in northern Syria supported by Save the Children, the charity has said.
Two people were killed in the attack, and several others injured including a woman who was six months pregnant who lost her leg. Several babies were also hurt when their incubators crashed to the floor in the attack.
The hospital was the only one providing maternity services in the area and delivered about 300 babies a month.
The strike on the hospital in Kafar Takharim in a rebel-held part of north-western Idlib province came after earlier airstrikes that killed at least five people and injured more than 25, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/29/syrian-maternity-hospital-bombed-says-save-the-children-idlib
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