(Zaman Al Wasl)- A military source said Russian Su-24 warplane whose carried out the deadly air strikes on Aleppo's hospital late on Wednesday that left 50 people dead, including medics, children and doctors.
The Russian night-attack jet hit Al-Quds field hospital in rebel-held Aleppo with two Kh-29, air-to-surface missiles with a range of 10–30 km and a large warhead of 320 kg.
The source, who works in a military air base, said regime asked Russians to use this kind of devastating missiles that intended for primary use against larger battlefield targets and infrastructure such as hospitals, industrial buildings, depots and bridges.
Despite Russia refused to claim responsibility for the massacre, all indications prove that regime war planes can not conduct such advanced air strikes since its not having such missiles, the source said.
According to the International Committee of the Red Cross, a total of four medical facilities were hit in Aleppo Friday on both sides of the front line.
"There can be no justification for these appalling acts of violence deliberately targeting hospitals and clinics," said Marianne Gasser, head of the ICRC in Syria.
"People keep dying in these attacks. There is no safe place anymore in Aleppo. Even in hospitals," she said.
It was the second time this week that an air strike hit one of the few medical facilities still operating in rebel areas.
Doctor Mohammad Wassim Maaz, known as the most qualified pediatrician in eastern Aleppo, was among the dead at the hospital, which was supported by MSF and the ICRC.
Despite the carnage, Aleppo has been excluded from a fresh "freeze" in fighting brokered by the United States and Russia.
shelling and air raids in Aleppo over the past week have killed more than 230 civilians and pushed a landmark Feb. 27 ceasefire to the verge of collapse.
On Friday, crude barrel bombs smashed into residential neighborhoods as rescue workers scrambled to cope with the casualties.
Near the eastern rebel-held Fardos district, the civil defense, known as the White Helmets, pulled bloodied bodies caked in dust from a building that had been hit. (With AFP)
The Russian night-attack jet hit Al-Quds field hospital in rebel-held Aleppo with two Kh-29, air-to-surface missiles with a range of 10–30 km and a large warhead of 320 kg.
The source, who works in a military air base, said regime asked Russians to use this kind of devastating missiles that intended for primary use against larger battlefield targets and infrastructure such as hospitals, industrial buildings, depots and bridges.
Despite Russia refused to claim responsibility for the massacre, all indications prove that regime war planes can not conduct such advanced air strikes since its not having such missiles, the source said.
According to the International Committee of the Red Cross, a total of four medical facilities were hit in Aleppo Friday on both sides of the front line.
"There can be no justification for these appalling acts of violence deliberately targeting hospitals and clinics," said Marianne Gasser, head of the ICRC in Syria.
"People keep dying in these attacks. There is no safe place anymore in Aleppo. Even in hospitals," she said.
It was the second time this week that an air strike hit one of the few medical facilities still operating in rebel areas.
Doctor Mohammad Wassim Maaz, known as the most qualified pediatrician in eastern Aleppo, was among the dead at the hospital, which was supported by MSF and the ICRC.
Despite the carnage, Aleppo has been excluded from a fresh "freeze" in fighting brokered by the United States and Russia.
shelling and air raids in Aleppo over the past week have killed more than 230 civilians and pushed a landmark Feb. 27 ceasefire to the verge of collapse.
On Friday, crude barrel bombs smashed into residential neighborhoods as rescue workers scrambled to cope with the casualties.
Near the eastern rebel-held Fardos district, the civil defense, known as the White Helmets, pulled bloodied bodies caked in dust from a building that had been hit. (With AFP)
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