Syrian Government Forces Deliberately Target Hospitals, U.N. Report Says

New York Times: U.N. Finds ‘Deliberate’ Destruction of Hospitals in Syria
“First, the government soldiers made sure no food could get into rebel-held towns. Then, government planes bombed what health centers remained in those towns, making sure that those who got sick from hunger had no medical care to save them. That is the harrowing picture painted by the latest report of the United Nations Commission of Inquiry on the war in Syria…” (Sengupta, 2/22).

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