Beirut, Lebanon: A maternity hospital supported by Save the Children was bombed on Friday in an air raid in Idlib province of northwest Syria, causing casualties and heavy damage, the Britain-based charity said.
"Save the Children supported maternity hospital in #Idlib bombed, casualties reported - numbers unconfirmed," it tweeted.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also said that the hospital in the rebel-held town of Kafar Takharim was heavily damaged and left barely operational.
The monitoring group did not specify if the raid was carried out by Syrian regime aircraft or warplanes of its Russian allies.
The bombing "hit the entrance to the hospital, which is the biggest in the area, serving over 1300 women monthly and carrying out over 300 deliveries a month", Save the Children said in an email.
"This is the only hospital specialising in maternity and children in the northern western side of rural Idlib."
Last week, air raids struck four makeshift hospitals and a blood bank over a 24-hour period in the regime-besieged eastern sector of the city of Aleppo.
"Save the Children supported maternity hospital in #Idlib bombed, casualties reported - numbers unconfirmed," it tweeted.
The monitoring group did not specify if the raid was carried out by Syrian regime aircraft or warplanes of its Russian allies.
"This is the only hospital specialising in maternity and children in the northern western side of rural Idlib."
Advertisement
Advertisement
COMMENTS
Advertisement
In Sudan, 150 Families Risk Lives To Feed Each Other Israel Carries Out Air Strike On Syria's Aleppo Airport, 3 Killed: Report 51% Of India's Children Threatened By Climate Emergency, Poverty: Report Centre Fact-Checks Mamata Banerjee's Mic-Off Claim, She Hits Back At Olympics Opening Ceremony, Drag Parody Of 'The Last Supper' Draws Flak Why Was Woman In Bengaluru Hostel Murdered? What Initial Probe Reveals 11-Year-Old Chinese Boy Writes 600 Lines Of Code To Build Rocket Study Abroad: Top Management Universities in Russia How El Chapo's Son Helped US Arrest Famous Narco Chief El Mayo Track Latest News Live on NDTV.com and get news updates from India and around the world.