Missile attack on Syrian Hospital in Afrin city, atleast 18 killed over 35 Injured

 At least 18 killed in missile attack on Syrian city, hospital.

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A Syrian military spokesman said the attack on the Turkish supporter rebel city of Afrin had killed more than a dozen people and injured at least 20 others, most of whom had been shot in the hospital.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights based in Britain reported that 18 people, including a mother and her child, three women doctors and medical staff, were killed and 23 others seriously injured, some during the Afrin attack on Saturday but were awaiting the death toll. 

The Syrian American Medical Society said in a statement that the al-Shiraa hospital in Afrin, which it supports, was hit by two rockets at 7.15pm. On Saturday, 13 people were killed, including two hospital staff and two ambulance drivers. Eleven other workers were injured, the union said.

The first shot hit the emergency room at the hospital and the second hit the staff room and the maternity ward, the singer said, adding that both units had been completely destroyed above the hospital's emergency room.

The two shots were fired after the first shell fell less than 100 meters from the building, it said.

The hospital, one of the largest in northern Syria and providing about 15,000 medical services a month, has been discharged from the hospital and patients have been relocated to nearby facilities.
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"We are shocked by the ongoing health attacks," said SAMS President Dr. Mufaddal Hamadeh, urging the international community to investigate "this blatant attack and hold perpetrators accountable."

"Innocent citizens and health workers continue to pay a lot of money for this war," Hahadeh said.

On Sunday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan blamed the attacks on the Syrian Kurdish Workers' Party, or PKK, and the People's Protection Units, known as the YPG.

"We will commit these crimes, kill innocent people in our country, citizens of Syria and other Kurdish brothers and sisters in Iraq, and pay for every drop of blood they shed," the president told a news conference.
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The Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces has denied any involvement in the statement.

"We are saddened by the loss of innocent people," said SDF Commander Mazloum Abdi. "Managing hospitals is a violation of international law."

The Syrian conflict that erupted in 2011 has resulted in the deaths of more than 495,000 people listed by the SOHR even though the death toll is very high.

On Sunday, the World Health Organization condemned the attack on the hospital and called on both sides to respect the safety and neutrality of health workers and facilities.

"Disasters such as these can be avoided and should be avoided by opposing parties as required by the International Humanitarian Law," the organization said.

Although international law prohibits attacks on health facilities, Physicians for Human Rights has since March recorded 599 attacks on at least 350 medical facilities, killing 930 health workers in ten years of fighting. Of the attacks, 298 were carried out by Syrian government forces and another 243 by Russian or Syrian troops, it said.

"Previous experience shows that any attack on health care could signal a new increase in violence," said Wolfgang Gressmann, Syria's acting director of the International Rescue Committee, the Church said. "It is important that this attack is stopped."

In the United States, State Department spokesman Ned Price said Biden officials condemned the attack on al-Shiraa Hospital "with harsh words."

"These brutal attacks have claimed the lives of children, medical staff and first responders," he said in a statement. "Citizens and public infrastructure, including hospitals, should never be the victims of fires