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Fatal airstrikes destroy hospital in the Syrian city of Aleppo

Fatal airstrikes destroy hospital in the Syrian city of Aleppo
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At least 30 people have been killed after a series of airstrikes hit a hospital in the the rebel-held area of the disputed Syrian city of Aleppo.

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At least 30 people have been killed after a series of airstrikes hit a hospital in the rebel-held area of the disputed Syrian city of Aleppo.
The dead included one of the few pediatricians remaining in the city’s opposition-held areas and a dentist, activists said.

Syria conflict: MSF (Doctors without borders) says deadly air strike hit Aleppo hospital v… https://t.co/0VqAxvWMNr pic.twitter.com/3Ui0DiwMhE

— Worldnews News (2016dailynews) <a href="https://twitter.com/2016dailynews/status/725626975977672704">April 28, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <b> </b>The hospital, run by Doctors Without Borders, has been completely destroyed. <b> </b> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Syrian gov hit a hospital in Aleppo killing at least 20 people including doctors & children <a href="https://t.co/uS2cRykBtS">https://t.co/uS2cRykBtS</a> <a href="https://t.co/pvn6s7P7zC">pic.twitter.com/pvn6s7P7zC</a></p>&mdash; Mina (mina_ysf) April 28, 2016

The Syrian Civil Defence volunteers, whose members attended the carnage, said the al-Quds hospital was hit by four consecutive airstrikes. > 14 people, including 3 doctors, dead in airstrike on MSF</a> hospital in Aleppo, Syria. Toll set to rise, group says <a href="https://t.co/jux6oPrXtQ">https://t.co/jux6oPrXtQ</a></p>&mdash; Francis Whittaker (frittaker) April 28, 2016

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