An airstrike in Syria has destroyed a hospital in Aleppo supported by the international charity Doctors Without Borders, killing at least 27 people. Among the dead were two doctors, including Aleppo's last pediatrician working in rebel-controlled areas. News accounts reported three children were also killed in the night-time raid overnight into Thursday.
Deadly Airstrikes Hit Aleppo Hospital, Dozens Killed
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A man removes medicine inside al-Quds hospital after it was hit by airstrikes in Aleppo, April 28, 2016.
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In this image made from video and posted online from Validated UGC, a man carries a child after airstrikes hit Aleppo, Syria, April 28, 2016.
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A man gestures amid the rubble of destroyed buildings following a reported air strike on the rebel-held neighbourhood of al-Kalasa in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, April 28, 2016. The death toll from an upsurge of fighting in Aleppo rose despite a plea by the U.N. envoy for the warring sides to respect a February ceasefire.
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Syrian civil defense volunteers and rescuers remove a baby from under the rubble of a destroyed building following a reported air strike on the rebel-held neighborhood of al-Kalasa in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, April 28, 2016.