Opposition: Missiles knock out hospital in Syria’s north
BEIRUT — Missiles struck a medical centre in Syria’s northern rebel-held province, putting the facility built underground for protection out of service and killing a number of its staff, opposition activists said Saturday.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that airstrikes had seriously damaged the medical centre in Abdin village, in Idlib. The activist-run Aleppo Today media group also reported on the airstrikes.
But later the Observatory said missiles, likely fired from land, have also hit the underground centre, penetrating it and causing serious damage to the underground facility. Airstrikes followed, the Observatory said.
International medical charities say Syrian government forces target hospitals, clinics and ambulances in opposition-held areas. To protect against the targeting, many opposition-area medical facilities have set up their operations underground.