Activitsts Report Airstrikes Against Six Medical Facilities in Aleppo City

Airstrikes hit six medical facilities in Aleppo City on July 23 leaving them all out of service, according to a statement released by the White Helmets rescue group, a civil defense group that operates in opposition-controlled areas of Syria. The statement warned the international community of a humanitarian crisis, saying that 350,000 people in Aleppo relying on the hospitals have been left without adequate medical care.

The White Helmets named the hospitals as the Hakeem children’s hospital, Daqaq, Zahraa, Atareb, and said one was a blood bank.

The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights echoed the reports, saying strikes had hit hospitals in Aleppo city, while several local pro-opposition news organizations reported on the assaults.

This video was posted by an anti-government media group that reports from opposition-held areas. The video, described as showing the aftermath of airstrikes on Daqaq hospital, shows destruction in the hospital. A man speaking in the video says that the hospital was targeted on July 23 and that one person was killed. Credit: YouTube/Smart Agency