Barrel-bombing of Syria hospital kills 7, says aid group

The Doctors Without Borders charity condemns Tuesday the repeated barrel-bombing of a hospital in a besieged, opposition-held part of the war-ravaged Syrian province of Homs, leaving seven dead and 47 wounded.

The organization, which goes by its French initials MSF, says the hospital attacked Saturday morning was one it supports.

“This bombing shows all the signs of a double-tap, where one area is bombed and then a second bombing hits the paramedic response teams or the nearest hospital providing care,” Brice de le Vingne, MSF director of operations, says in a statement.

“This double-tap tactic shows a level of calculated destruction that can scarcely be imagined,” he adds.

MSF says the first barrel bomb was dropped from a helicopter on a populated area of Al-Zafarana town near the city of Homs on Saturday at 9:40 am (0740 GMT), killing a man and a young girl and wounding 16 people.

— AFP