Activists say Syrian government bombing kills 11 in key rebel hospital
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STORY: Syrian warplanes have bombed one of the main hospitals serving rebel-held territory in the north of the country, according to activists and video footage.
Eleven civilians, including two doctors, were killed in the strike against the hospital on Wednesday in the town of al-Bab, 19 miles (30km) northeast of Aleppo city, the opposition Aleppo Media Center said on Thursday.
Video footage posted on a social media website, which Reuters cannot independently verify, shows the limp body of a young child being carried out of the hospital by a man. Another boy lies on the floor, blood on his head and dust covering his body.
In the video, dust fills the air. Rubble and smashed up air conditioning units lie on the floor.
The Aleppo Media Center said that the emergency and radiology departments were destroyed in the attack.
A voice in the videos can be heard saying repeatedly in Arabic "God is Great", and identifying the site as "t
STORY: Syrian warplanes have bombed one of the main hospitals serving rebel-held territory in the north of the country, according to activists and video footage.
Eleven civilians, including two doctors, were killed in the strike against the hospital on Wednesday in the town of al-Bab, 19 miles (30km) northeast of Aleppo city, the opposition Aleppo Media Center said on Thursday.
Video footage posted on a social media website, which Reuters cannot independently verify, shows the limp body of a young child being carried out of the hospital by a man. Another boy lies on the floor, blood on his head and dust covering his body.
In the video, dust fills the air. Rubble and smashed up air conditioning units lie on the floor.
The Aleppo Media Center said that the emergency and radiology departments were destroyed in the attack.
A voice in the videos can be heard saying repeatedly in Arabic "God is Great", and identifying the site as "t