SHRC Lens Sham Hospital is located in the southern outskirts of Kafr Nabl city within the southern rural Idlib province and is governed by the Hama Health Directorate. The hospital serves around 600,000 people residing in rural areas of Hama and Idlib. It receives around 4000 patients and conducts 400 surgeries per month. It also contains […]
September 2016: The Targeting of the Medical and Relief Sector
The Syrian Human Rights Committee (SHRC) has documented the targeting of nine hospitals and medical points during September 2016, in the highest number of attacks on hospitals to have taken place within one month during 2016. Four of the targeted hospitals were in Aleppo and three in Idlib, whilst one was in Hama and one […]
The Targeting of the Medical and Relief Sector in August 2016
The Syrian Human Rights Committee (SHRC) documented the targeting of 11 hospitals and medical centres in August 2016, four of which were in rural Damascus, three in Aleppo, three in Homs, and one in Idlib. In addition, a directorate for health in the province of Idlib was targeted. SHRC also documented the continuation of the […]
Hospital Targeted in Bombing on Rural Idlib
War planes targeted the first medical point close to the city of Khan Sheikhoon in rural Idlib, causing great material damage to the building and its medical equipment, causing the hospital to stop running its services. The bombing also caused damage to two ambulances which were parked at the hospital. The war planes also targeted […]
Medical and Relief Sectors Targeted throughout July
July witnessed a sharp rise in the targeting of both the medical and relief sectors, with SHRC documenting the targeting of 24 hospitals and medical centres throughout the month- the highest average to be recorded in 2016 so far. The attacks were concentrated in the province of Aleppo, in which 15 of these hospitals were […]
The Medical Sector: 15 Hospitals Targeted in October
During the month of October, Syrian and Russian war planes targeted medical centres and their staff- including paramedics- across various Syrian cities in a systematic manner, and in a manner more aggressive than that of previous months. SHRC documented the targeting of 15 hospitals and medical centres, five of which were in Aleppo, three in […]