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Medical Workers of US-Based Group Killed in Syria's Idlib

Sirwan Kajjo

   Two medical workers affiliated with a U.S.-based medical group were
   killed Wednesday in an attack in northwestern Syria, the medical relief
   group said. A third medical volunteer was killed in the same attack.

   Six airstrikes targeted an ambulance center in the town of Ma'aret
   Hurmeh in Idlib province, said the Syrian American Medical Society
   (SAMS) in a statement.

   The facility and the ambulance were completely destroyed, the group
   added.

   "These blatant crimes and violations of [international humanitarian
   law] must be investigated to hold perpetrators accountable," said
   Mufaddal Hamadeh, SAMS President.

   Local reports said the airstrikes that targeted the medical facility in
   Idlib were carried out by Russian warplanes.

   The medical workers "were killed in the airstrikes as they were trying
   to rescue civilians wounded in the ongoing aerial bombardment," Horrya
   Press, an opposition website said.

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