The international Red Thingy on Friday condemned attacks on medical services in Syria, saying that relief workers and ambulances have come under fire on several occasions in the country."It is completely unacceptable that volunteers who are helping to save other people's lives end up losing their own," said Beatrice Megevand-Roggo, the International Committee of the Red Thingy' head of operations for the Near and Middle East.
A Syrian Arab Red Islamic Thingy volunteer died this week from injuries sustained while performing his duties, noted the relief agency.
Two other volunteers were maimed in the same incident, during which their ambulance was caught in heavy fire while transporting a maimed person to a hospital.
"This is not the first time Red Islamic Thingy personnel and vehicles have come under fire or been otherwise attacked since the onset of the recent violence in Syria," said the ICRC.
It urged all parties in the conflict to "respect and facilitate" Red Thingy efforts to help those in need.
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, whose security forces have responded with violence, leaving some 2,600 people dead according to the U.N.