{"id":178059,"date":"2017-08-01T14:50:58","date_gmt":"2017-08-01T12:50:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scm.bz\/rotator\/syria-medical-facilities-under-fire.html"},"modified":"2018-02-11T20:08:31","modified_gmt":"2018-02-11T18:08:31","slug":"syria-medical-facilities-under-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scm.bz\/en\/syria-medical-facilities-under-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Syria: Medical Facilities Under Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"

In April 2017, 25 hospitals or medical facilities in Syria were attacked: an average of one attack\u00a0every 29 hours<\/a>. 91% have been independently found to be carried out by Syrian government or Russian\u00a0forces<\/a>. Many of those targeted were located in Idlib, the largest remaining opposition controlled city after 2016\u2019s siege in Aleppo left thousands displaced – the\u00a0majority went to Idlib or to the Aleppo countryside<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Information published in this joint report suggests that in April 2017 Syrian and Russian armed forces were responsible for the eight attacks on Syrian hospitals and healthcare centers – facilities serving a combined 1.3 million people (a beneficiary group larger than the population of Brussels), as reported in witness statements as well as by the managers of those medical facilities.<\/p>\n

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The Syrian Archive and its partners (Syrians for Truth and Justice, Justice for Life) analysed and verified this pattern of attacks by cross referencing a combination of open-source visual content, flight observation data, and witness statements. Findings regarding these attacks were characterized by repeated bombardments, lack of warnings, and an absence of active military hostilities in the vicinity of the attack. Through collecting, verifying and reporting investigative findings from these incidents, the authors hopes to preserve critical information that may be used for advocacy purposes or as evidence in future proceedings seeking legal accountability.<\/p>\n

This report complements and supports recent efforts by human rights organisations to report violations targeting medical facilities in Idlib in April 2017. Those efforts include:<\/p>\n