Warplanes knock out Aleppo hospital as Russian-backed assault intensifies

BEIRUT Air strikes hit a hospital in rebel-held eastern Aleppo in the early hours of Wednesday, putting it out of service, medical workers said.


"The warplane flew over us and directly started dropping its missiles on this hospital... at around 4 a.m.," Mohammad Abu Rajab, a radiologist at the M10 hospital, told Reuters. "The rubble fell in on the patients in the intensive care unit."


Since a ceasefire collapsed last week, rebel-held areas of Aleppo have been heavily bombarded, raising international concern over the plight of their 250,000 residents.


(Reporting by Ellen Francis; Editing by Angus MacSwan)

Next In World News




Venezuela's Maduro calls for new era of relations with U.S.


CARACAS Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro said on Tuesday he is hopeful for improved relations with the United States, a day after meeting U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry.




U.S. strike in Afghanistan kills 18, most militants but possibly civilians too


JALALABAD, Afghanistan A suspected U.S. drone strike against Islamic State in Afghanistan killed 18 people on Wednesday, most of them militants but possibly including some civilians, Afghan officials said.




Five arrested in Europe on suspicion of forming Islamic State cell


MADRID Police have arrested five people suspected of forming an Islamic State cell and promoting Islamist militancy in Spain, Belgium and Germany, the Spanish Interior Ministry said on Wednesday.

From Around the Web Promoted by Taboola
Editor's Pick




Pictures