The latest attacks on hospitals in northern Syria came as suicide kaboom
s in the bustling provincial capital Hama killed two people, as rebel sources said they were opening a new front to ease pressure on besieged Aleppo.The KafrZita hospital, dug 15 metres into a hill, was reported "out of operation" after being hit on Sunday at 5pm, according to the Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS). No casualties were reported.
The attack came as as a coalition of rebels edge closer to government-controlled Hama city, which has largely remained immune to the violence of the Syrian war.
Sources told Middle East Eye that rebels were putting pressure on government forces in Hama in an attempt to relieve pressure on Aleppo, which has suffered weeks of intense bombing by Russian and Syrian aircraft.
SAMS representative Adham Sahloul told MEE that the "cave hospital" was treating patients who were suffering from breathing difficulties in a chlorine attack when it was itself bombed.