UN’s Guterres condemns ongoing airstrikes on Syria’s hospitals, medical workers
New York, July 13 (IBNS): Reports that airstrikes have hit several health facilities in north-west Syria have been strongly condemned by the UN Secretary-Gener
In a statement issued late Thursday evening, António Guterres said that one of the damaged facilities included a large hospital in Maarat al-Numan whose coordinates had been shared with belligerents, through the UN’s de-confliction mechanism.
The development follows escalating violence since April in Idlib, the last opposition-held enclave in the country.
Some three million people live there, many of them displaced by previous clashes between Government and opposition fighters elsewhere in the war-torn country.
Highlighting the impact of the airstrikes on non-combatants, Guterres insisted that civilians and public buildings must be protected, in line with a 2018 de-escalation agreement overseen by guarantors Russia and Turkey.
The UN Secretary-General also insisted that those responsible for carrying out serious violations of international humanitarian law should be held accountable.
UNICEF/Khalil Ashawi
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