The State Department accused Assad and his allies in the destruction of hospitals

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Doctors Without Borders (MSF) reported shelling of a hospital and children's hospital in northern Syria. At the same time, employees of the organization believe that medical facilities were destroyed by troops loyal to Bashar al-Assad, reports RIA News.

The State Department accused Assad and his allies in the destruction of hospitals


In connection with the MSF report, the State Department issued a statement in which it noted: “The Assad regime and its supporters are making such attacks, which is contrary to the Munich accords.”

According to the agency, “what is happening calls into question Russia's readiness and / or the opportunity to help stop the continuing brutality of the Assad regime against its own people.”

"We again call on all parties to stop attacks on civilians and take the necessary steps to ensure access for humanitarian aid, as well as to stop the fighting, which the Syrian people so need," the statement said.

In turn, the representative of MSF Francoise Boucher-Solnier said that the organization expects from Moscow to provide data on what goals were hit on Monday by Russian aircraft.

“Today we have an assumption that the hospital was destroyed either as a result of a Russian attack aviationor by Syrian government forces. We proceed from this assumption, since the responsibility of the Russian authorities cannot be excluded today. All we can ask is for the Russian authorities to talk about what were the goals for defeating Russian aircraft today in northern Syria, ”
said Bouss Sunier.

According to her, “the only way for the Russian side to take responsibility is to report on what targets were hit by Russian planes and Syrian troops today in northern Syria,” and also state that “at the time when the strikes were carried out, only Syrian army planes carried out flights over this city and this hospital. "

“The hospital, whose work was supported by Doctors Without Borders, was destroyed as a result of four accurate shells hit the building. In total, there were about 15 strikes on the positions around the hospital ... It was not like a mistake or incidental losses, it is rather an aimed defeat of targets, ”said Boucher-Saulnier.

According to her, as a result of the blows, 7 people died (five patients, a companion and one hospital employee) and 8 people went missing from the medical staff.

“There are no doubts that they have died at the moment. So we get an 15 person in fact, ”said an MSF spokeswoman.
  • AFP 2016 / Al-Maarra Today / Ghaith Omran
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  1. +18
    16 February 2016 09: 12
    The US State Department, as always, in its repertoire, is again the old American record - "Assad and his allies are to blame."
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    2. +19
      16 February 2016 09: 22
      As the hospitals themselves bomb, this is normal from the point of view of the State Department! am
      And then the "duck" was launched and the State Department was ahead of the rest.
      Further, except for the mat, nothing comes to mind!
      1. +11
        16 February 2016 09: 27
        Quote: olegfbi
        How they bomb hospitals themselves is normal from the point of view of the State Department

        If only the State Department ... So after all, all the mongrels, on a standstill, began to yap. Starting from the Turks and ending with the UN:
        1. +18
          16 February 2016 09: 32
          Four accurate hits of shells, and where then, our VKS? Mattresses are the main thing to plump into a puddle, lying cattle, and there even though the grass does not grow.
          1. +3
            16 February 2016 09: 41
            Quote: 79807420129
            Four accurate hits of shells, and where then, our VKS? Mattresses are the main thing to plump into a puddle, lying cattle, and there even though the grass does not grow.

            Not shells, but rockets. So, it is quite possible that they flew from the turret. The Syrian ambassador said that no one would be allowed to the scene of the incident. "Anyway, everything will be twisted," he said.
            1. +4
              16 February 2016 10: 02
              Interesting things turn out! It is reported:
              1. Earlier, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said that a Russian missile hit the hospital.
              2. "It seems that these actions were carried out by the regime with the support of its supporters, but I cannot say for sure who," said Susan Rice, the US national security adviser. (Says, straight, like "cutie" Psaki!)
              Those. the US has NO evidence of Russian guilt.
              3. Syrian Ambassador to Moscow Riyad Haddad said the hospital was destroyed by the US Air Force.
              http://ria.ru/syria/20160216/1375094077.html

              If you consider who loses the war in Syria and who needs provocations with extra victims, guess from 3 times who could do it and did it!
          2. +7
            16 February 2016 09: 41
            Since when, even getting into civilian facilities has become the basis for ending the country's liberation or fighting the enemy?

            Dresden, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, wedding convoys in military vehicles damaged by drones, a hospital in Afghanistan - they stopped somewhere
            fighting, what is so needed ... people,
            ?

            Let them keep yapping

            1. +4
              16 February 2016 09: 48
              Quote: bulvas
              Since when, even getting into civilian facilities has become the basis for ending the country's liberation or fighting the enemy?

              And since when has free housing, education and medicine become the reason for the overthrow (by military means) of the legitimate ruler? request P.S. I mean Libya.
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          4. 0
            16 February 2016 15: 31
            The Syrian Human Rights Monitoring Center claims that the Russian airborne forces attacked and nine people died as a result of the incident. According to human rights activists, as a result of the airstrike, the four-story building of the hospital was badly damaged.

            It should be noted that no other evidence has been received, apart from a statement by a human rights organization that the Russian military could bomb the temporary hospital.

            A week ago, Médecins Sans Frontières announced an air raid on a hospital in the Syrian province of Deraa, which killed three people.

            In October 2015, the Doctors Without Borders hospital in Afghan Kunduz was bombarded. The shelling killed 42 people. The bombed hospital after what happened stopped working.

            Explaining the blow to the hospital, the Afghan authorities said that it was used by Taliban militants as a base and, allegedly, fire was fired on by coalition forces from there before the airstrike. Doctors Without Borders representatives outraged. They noted that the hospital’s airstrike was targeted because the buildings nearby were not damaged, and therefore, with such statements, US authorities are trying to justify the attack on the hospital.

            The Doctors Without Borders organization called for an international investigation into the airstrike, while insisting that the case be considered a war crime.

            The start of their own investigation into the incident with the bombing of the hospital was reported by NATO representatives, who do not exclude the possibility that the US Air Force may be involved in an air raid on the hospital.

            Two weeks later, a source in the American intelligence services reported that US intelligence knew that the bombing facility in Afghan Kunduz was a hospital. Moreover, he had corresponding marks on the maps.

            In early January, a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Yemen was hit by an aircraft. Three people became victims of airstrike in Sa'ada province, another 10 people were injured when a rocket hit. Who struck, is not specified. As specified, the hospital is located in the province of Saada, controlled by Hussite rebels.
        2. 0
          16 February 2016 09: 50
          If only the State Department ... So after all, all the mongrels, on a standstill, began to yap. Starting from the Turks and ending with the UN:

          Nothing, let ...
          As eastern wisdom says - The dog barks, the caravan is coming!
      2. +9
        16 February 2016 09: 30
        Quote: olegfbi
        As the hospitals themselves bomb, this is normal from the point of view of the State Department! am
        And then the "duck" was launched and the State Department was ahead of the rest.
        Further, except for the mat, nothing comes to mind!



        This is not just a duck, it is a planned and well-calculated step to discredit the actions of Russia and Assad.
        1. 0
          16 February 2016 09: 51
          Yes, in general, no difference, the essence is one!
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      4. +1
        16 February 2016 09: 48
        The State Department accused Assad and his allies in the destruction of hospitals

        what can you say ?? Pascuds are priceless ...
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        16 February 2016 13: 34
        Quote: olegfbi
        As the hospitals themselves bomb, this is normal from the point of view of the State Department! am
        And then the "duck" was launched and the State Department was ahead of the rest.
        Further, except for the mat, nothing comes to mind!


        There are a lot of thoughts and words in my head, only letters turn out to be unprintable.

    3. +10
      16 February 2016 09: 22
      The State Department brings the blame on the healthy, the greater the successes of the Syrian troops with the support of our air forces, the louder the screams of all the State Departments and the right and left activists, and all the information can be viewed at the briefings of the Moscow Region or on the Internet, we don’t have striped monkey mattresses, we don’t do not hide.
      1. +6
        16 February 2016 09: 33
        Quote: vovanpain
        The State Department brings the blame on the healthy, the greater the successes of the Syrian troops with the support of our air forces, the louder the screams of all the State Departments and the right and left activists, and all the information can be viewed at the briefings of the Moscow Region or on the Internet, we don’t have striped monkey mattresses, we don’t don't hide

        Mattress makers deeply .... about the statement of our Ministry of Defense, as well as "the entire civilized world." In my opinion, the point of no return has been passed. It's time for Russia to stop completely reacting to such utterances. Dry report and basta (nothing more). no one bothers himself with the search for truth.
        1. +8
          16 February 2016 09: 40
          Quote: Alleh28-2
          Quote: vovanpain
          The State Department brings the blame on the healthy, the greater the successes of the Syrian troops with the support of our air forces, the louder the screams of all the State Departments and the right and left activists, and all the information can be viewed at the briefings of the Moscow Region or on the Internet, we don’t have striped monkey mattresses, we don’t don't hide

          Mattress makers deeply .... about the statement of our Ministry of Defense, as well as "the entire civilized world." In my opinion, the point of no return has been passed. It's time for Russia to stop completely reacting to such utterances. Dry report and basta (nothing more). no one bothers himself with the search for truth.

          I absolutely agree with you, to justify yourself against these mongrels do not respect yourself, you just need to continue to do your job.
    4. +1
      16 February 2016 09: 31
      Quote: avvg
      The US State Department, as always in its repertoire,

      The main provocateur and terrorist shifts his guilt to others, and he is, as always, white and fluffy!
      1. 0
        16 February 2016 09: 38
        Quote: Tol100v
        The main provocateur and terrorist shifts his guilt to others, and he is, as always, white and fluffy!

        Again they bombed the bulldozers and hospitals, so they are in a hurry to shift the blame from the sore head to the healthy one, or they are afraid to openly admit that this is Erdogan’s job and that the USA then supports terrorism.
    5. +1
      16 February 2016 09: 36
      Aren't the Americans the main experts in the destruction of hospitals? When they bomb peaceful targets, the State Department is either silent or speaks of a "mistake." And at the same time they call their ammunition "high-precision". And the SAR army for high-precision and the means, and experts for their use. And finally, this incident took place in the north of Syria, i.e. near the Turkish border ... No, not the Syrians have worked most likely.
    6. +1
      16 February 2016 09: 42
      Now a couplet has been added to this song, the responsibility of the Russian VKS. And this will become a priority for them in the near future.
    7. +1
      16 February 2016 09: 46
      Quote: avvg
      US Department of State
      What is your evidence? Destruction of a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Afghanistan by US aircraft is just a pilot's mistake !? The "bloody Assad regime" is a holy regime compared to the bloody regime of Obama and K. And yet, any accusation must be supported by evidence. I can also blurt out that the hospital was bombed by the USA! am
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    9. 0
      16 February 2016 10: 19
      And Assad drinks the blood of moderately positioned babies, and also ...., and also ....! Clowns.
    10. 0
      16 February 2016 10: 42
      That is, when the Americans bombed the hospital and didn’t even apologize, that was normal, and when they were told by someone else, that’s all, you need to raise the howl. I’m wondering, but how did the doctors determine who shot them?
    11. 0
      16 February 2016 15: 28
      In turn, the representative of MSF Francoise Boucher-Solnier said that the organization expects from Moscow to provide data on what goals were hit on Monday by Russian aircraft.

      Frog legs, not information. And what did they do there? He treated barmalei and removed organs?
  2. +2
    16 February 2016 09: 13
    Who is aware of what and with whom did they agree in Munich? And now from all cracks one hears about Russia "this is a violation of the Munich agreements" ...
    Ps: it would be interesting to read an article on this topic.
    1. +5
      16 February 2016 09: 19
      Quote: Siberia
      Who knows what and with whom they agreed in Munich?

      Here they know what is usually agreed in Munich. And then we only have to correct the consequences of these "agreements" with our blood ...
    2. +3
      16 February 2016 09: 28
      The Syrian International Support Group (IHL) agreed on the delivery of humanitarian aid to the besieged areas this week, and also agreed to “prepare modalities that will determine the cessation of hostilities” during the week.

      That's all. No one promised anything else.
      But the Americans hoped that this would be a surrender like in Minsk, after which the bandits would restore their potential and again go on the attack.
      The continuation and, most importantly, the successful offensive is an unpleasant surprise. So they fight in hysterics.
  3. 0
    16 February 2016 09: 13
    “Today we have an assumption that the hospital was destroyed either as a result of an attack by Russian aircraft, or by Syrian government forces.
    Of course, by them, nobody else bombes there ... An American has a legitimate military target in general ...
    1. 0
      16 February 2016 09: 34
      Quote: svetoruss
      .American hospital generally has a legitimate military target ...

      Not only hospitals, but also weddings!
  4. +7
    16 February 2016 09: 13
    Today we have an assumption that the hospital was destroyed either as a result of an attack by Russian aircraft, or by Syrian government forces. We proceed from this assumption, since the responsibility of the Russian authorities cannot be excluded today.
    In fact, bombing MSF is an American habit. I remember that recently, when we all felt sorry for the doctors whom the "valiant" American pilots covered in Afghanistan, someone here, at VO, even offered to present the S-300 to doctors. They regretted ... Now, apparently, "Doctors ..." have been told where they SHOULD look for the guilty ...
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  6. +3
    16 February 2016 09: 14
    The hospital, which was supported by Médecins Sans Frontières, was destroyed by four precision shells hitting the building. All in all, there were about 15 strikes on positions around the hospital ...

    Any shells or bombs? Aircraft do not carry shells (guns do not count, you can’t destroy a building with them), and 15 bombs are a bit too much for one building, don’t you?
  7. +3
    16 February 2016 09: 15
    Experts from Russia and Syria should take samples of the fragments and state the entire WORLD that the missiles and bombs that destroyed the hospital were American (there are no rules in the modern information war). And such allegations by the American hypocrites pave the way for Turkey and NATO to invade.
  8. +3
    16 February 2016 09: 15
    I can’t understand something, then the VKS then the Syrian Air Force then the shells flew in and not the air strike, can they finally drive ??? or I didn’t understand am
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  9. +8
    16 February 2016 09: 20
    The Syrians say it was the Americans bombed.

    And what happens? Recall a similar Afghan feat - the amers' wine and their lying lies were reliably established until they were pressed.

    Here everything is as before:

    1. Someone fired at the hospital.
    2. Assad and Russia are to blame, of course. "They also destroyed the chapel".
    3. When the wave of general indignation subsides, it turns out that either the Americans or the bearded are to blame civilians.
    4. But shouted to the whole world, and then recognized on the slyif not confidential, and if at all recognized.

    Recall another Boeing. Shouted to the whole world, tried to stir up some tribunal, and then quietly leaked.
  10. +3
    16 February 2016 09: 21
    A muddy story, as always. 15 hits is not aviation anymore, it’s more like artillery, but anyone has it
  11. 0
    16 February 2016 09: 29
    The psychiatric hospital has long been waiting for its patients.
    1. 0
      16 February 2016 09: 35
      For so many patients, no psychiatric hospital is enough.
  12. +1
    16 February 2016 09: 34
    It’s necessary wherever you can shout - they say the hospital was bombed again, because it’s the Americans,
    out of habit! How many hospitals they have bombed! fellow negative
  13. +2
    16 February 2016 09: 36
    Quote: Aleksander
    A muddy story, as always. 15 hits is not aviation anymore, it’s more like artillery, but anyone has it

    Something is not clean there, in such cases, the aviation routes are confirmed by photo control, photo control is provided by the side that controls the airspace over the territory, which means there is a "clear sky" over Syria and it is not clear who controls it, and there are three sides of the Turks, the coalition and Russia, well, maybe Iran and Iraq. If there is no objective control data, then this was done specifically to train media eloquence.
  14. +1
    16 February 2016 09: 38
    US Presidential Assistant for National Security Susan Rice said the US authorities have no evidence that the blame for airstrikes on civilian targets in Syria lies with Russia. According to Rice, she cannot explain what exactly happened there. It is possible that the Syrian government forces and their allies were involved in this. But it is not yet clear who exactly is responsible for the bombing of buildings and hospitals.
    1. +1
      16 February 2016 10: 46
      We proceed from this assumption, since the responsibility of the Russian authorities cannot be excluded today

      With such success, we can assume the involvement of unidentified aliens arriving from the Lebed-A galaxy.
  15. +2
    16 February 2016 09: 42
    "Everyone who did not manage to create nuclear weapons like Iran, or to suck up their ass like the UAE, will be democratized." It is a pity that no one made such an announcement in the UN in 2000.
  16. +2
    16 February 2016 09: 44
    In total, there were about 15 attacks on positions around the hospital ... It was not like a mistake or collateral loss, it’s more likely a targeted defeat of targets»

    That's it. It has long been known that only states work this way. It is on civilian objects and precisely sighting. And hospitals - this is generally a favorite facility for state aviation - and it’s safe, and you can blame someone else if you turn it quietly. And if they catch it, they easily admit a mistake, but not malicious intent.
  17. 0
    16 February 2016 09: 48
    Western media have already lost count of the number of US hospitals destroyed in the Middle East. Therefore, some of them decided to ascribe to Russia ...
  18. 0
    16 February 2016 09: 48
    But with uki, the Americans are covering the hospital, that’s normal - decent and no one can confirm. Accustomed to all blame from a sore head to a healthy, do not wait
  19. +1
    16 February 2016 09: 49
    And I personally would not be surprised if the jokers from the State Department initiate compensation claims against the Russian Federation "for the damage incurred as a result of the Russian bombing." The term "genocide" will also emerge. And the organizations "traders of shawarma without borders", "tire fitters without borders" will roll out the accounts.
  20. 0
    16 February 2016 09: 50
    This is already a standard move of the State Department - to turn everything from a sore head to a healthy one. Orwell's Ministry of Truth, a model of honesty and integrity. Oh well.
  21. +1
    16 February 2016 09: 59
    Doctors Without Borders is a purely AMERICAN organization with intelligence functions !!! In other words, this does not explain !!! They, apparently, by analyzing the molecules of the shells, were able to determine who launched them !!!
  22. 0
    16 February 2016 10: 08
    The purest setup. In the photo - some kind of freestanding barn. There is not a single building around.
  23. 0
    16 February 2016 10: 21
    And who else! The State Department said Assad and the Russians, so this is so and there should be no other opinions! With democracy, according to Amerov’s opinion, there should be only one thing - the very pillar of democracy!
  24. 0
    16 February 2016 10: 30
    The article was somewhat late. Data on our flights and targets was provided at least as early as Saturday. But the team at the "doctors" speaks specifically to Russia.
  25. +2
    16 February 2016 10: 37
    it’s to report on what targets were hit by Russian planes and Syrian troops today in the north of Syria, ” and also state that “at the time when the strikes were made, only Syrian army aircraft flew over this city and this hospital

    I am finally out! wassat We must declare! Translated into Russian, "drain Assad"?
    I declare it officially! These were Polish F-16s. 4 things. The operational maps did not have time to be translated into Polish, so they bombed "by eye". I have photographic evidence, but they are of poor quality. I used acidic fixer instead of neutral during printing.
  26. 0
    16 February 2016 10: 41
    Dear, STOP !!! According to the organization "Médecins Sans Frontières", the following was announced, the hospital was hit by air strikes, but whose planes were not indicated, not a word about Russia 8:00 Euronews channel today, I want to note this is not the first time that I notice distortions of facts information, while the sky in Syria is a mess, you can declare aliens as with Boeing in Ukraine, and if you also pay for the right people, then soon we will not hear and see
  27. 0
    16 February 2016 11: 42
    With the State Department, everything has long been clear. I have already said that our media need to work more actively on the western front. We need a complete discredit of the NATO Armed Forces coalition. Let the people read and enjoy ...
  28. 0
    16 February 2016 12: 42
    I carefully read all the comments.
    I did not find anything intelligible, in almost all comments only about the State Department. And where is the discussion about the mechanism of formation of destruction.
    As correctly written here by one single author, according to the number of strikes, and 15 of them, it does not look like air strikes, most likely artillery.
    Is there really no military here, but everyone like me)))
    Please write an opinion from the point of view of a military man, and not about the State Department. About the State Department, I know without you)))
    Thank you.
    1. 0
      16 February 2016 14: 03
      Dear Dalmatia, in order to concretize something, facts are needed, and this can be obtained either on the spot, or from photos, video documents, besides, the fighters themselves can carry out shelling, alas, unfortunately, not wine people die
      1. 0
        16 February 2016 17: 32
        I agree with you completely.
      2. 0
        16 February 2016 17: 32
        I agree with you completely.
  29. 0
    16 February 2016 13: 07
    The representative of the organization Lies Without Borders, Françoise Boucher-Saulnier, said that “the only opportunity for the Russian side to relieve responsibility is to report on what targets were hit by Russian planes and Syrian troops today in northern Syria,” and also to state that “at the moment when the strikes were made, only the planes of the Syrian army flew over this city and this hospital. "

    Rather, it will be stated that it was the planes of the Western coalition that bombed, which, by the way, is a fact.
    “The only opportunity for the Russian side to relieve responsibility is to report on what targets were hit by Russian planes

    Better yet, close the skies of Syria for the Western coalition, this is the best way to protect yourself from provocateurs.
  30. +1
    16 February 2016 13: 54
    The organization "Doctors Without Borders", in Chechnya I still remember "Enemies without Borders", the CIA contractors. No faith in them.
    1. 0
      16 February 2016 21: 30
      Quote: filalex79
      in Chechnya, I still remember "Enemies Without Borders",


      Thank you, I have not heard this option! hi drinks I read other versions of Bushkov's: "doctors without drugs" and "CIA without borders"!
  31. 0
    16 February 2016 15: 14
    In turn, the representative of MSF Francoise Boucher-Solnier said that the organization expects from Moscow to provide data on what goals were hit on Monday by Russian aircraft.

    He lies and requires something else. And ... does not blush, most likely. I'm used to it.
  32. 0
    16 February 2016 20: 55
    For "obtaining evidence" it was necessary to immediately shoot down a bomb thrower at hospitals. And then there would be one fewer "fighters against hospitals". And so - just words.
    By the way, today it turned out that Hillary Clinton likes to bark like a dog. Well, they have politics! When there are no arguments, you have to bark.

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