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The World Health Organization (WHO) has condemned the targeting of health facilities and hospitals in northwestern Syria and has expressed concern over the attacks on seven medical facilities from August 28 to 30 of last year, whose organization has confirmed four of these attacks.
The attacks come at a time when hostilities are increasing in and around Idlib province, and humanitarian needs are increasing dramatically, with more than 13.7 million people in Syria needing health care, of which more than four million in Syria, said the organization in a statement. North West.
She pointed out that the only month of August had seen the displacement of more than 130,000 people from the governorates of Hama and Idlib, in the north of the country, and that these attacks were depriving innocent civilians of medical care. vital health.
The organization called for respect for international humanitarian law, taking all necessary measures to protect civilians and medical facilities, and respecting the principle of proportionality and discrimination.
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