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The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported on 28 April that air strikes hit a hospital in the rebel-held area of Aleppo in Syria, killing 40 people in and around the hospital.
Three doctors were also among those killed including the last paediatrician in the city , the Britain-based war monitor said.
The Al Quds Hospital was run by Médecins Sans Frontières ( MSF) , famously known as Doctors Without Borders.
The Observatory said in the past six days in Aleppo 84 civilians have been killed in government air strikes and 49 civilians were killed in rebel shelling of government-held areas.
Bebars Mishal of the Civil Defence in Aleppo told Reuters that 40 people had been killed in a five-storey building next to the hospital.
A Syrian military source said government warplanes had not been used in areas where airstrikes were reported.
The Russian defense ministry, which is also conducting air strikes in Syria in support of President Bashar al-Assad has previously denied hitting civilian targets in Syria.
Syrian military sources said the army has been responding to insurgent attacks in Aleppo, adding: “If the militants continue using this fire and bombardment of civilians, the army will certainly not be quiet about it.”
The Feb 27 Cessation of Hostilities agreement, which initially reduced violence in Syria, was described by the United Nations envoy Staffan de Mistura as “barely alive”at present.
Peace talks convened in Geneva were undermined last week when the main opposition alliance walked out, citing ongoing violence and calling for proper implementation of a U.N. resolution requiring full humanitarian access to affected areas.
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