(Previous Incident Codes: R1447RS1585)

Between one and three civilians died in airstrikes on Al Atareb hospital according to multiple local sources. Orient and Al Jazeera and most other sources, blamed Russia for the incident. The hospital is now out of service including the operating rooms and pharmacy according to Al Jazeera who also alleged a number of medical personnel were injured.

Bombing of the hospital in Al Atareb was part of an aerial campaign where three hospitals in Aleppo were struck including Baghdad Hospital in Aweijal and a hospital in the town of Kafarnaha.

According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the hospital was struck by five consecutive raids damaging ambulances, injuring a woman and destroying her home. The source did not attribute blame and mentioned only “warplanes”. Masaralarabi however blamed both the Regime and Russia for the attacks. 

DW news reported the Director of National Defense in the city of Atareb, Ali Goma, told the German news agency (DPA), “Russian warplanes launched a missile attack on the space of the hospital and surrounding houses, killing three civilians and wounding others, including a number of medical staff”.

The majority of sources blamed Russia, some did not identify a culprit, and a small number referred to the Syrian regime.