Syria: Hospital in Khan Sheikhun is bombed, presumably Russian aircraft

In the Syrian city of Khan-Sheikhun, Muhafaz Idlib controlled by the rebels, the Rahma hospital is bombed. This was reported by the Syrian network for human rights (SNHR). The raid, as human rights activists suggest, was made by Russian aviation.

As a result of the blow, the emergency assistance was partially destroyed. The equipment of the hospital failed.

According to the Syrian Center for Monitoring Human Rights (SOHR), earlier on Tuesday, Khan-Sheikhun underwent a chemical attack from the air. Bombs with a certain gas were thrown into the city. Reuters with reference to Munzir Khalil, the head of the health department of Muhafazy Idlib, wrote that at about 6:30 in the morning Zarin and chlorine were allegedly applied against the townspeople.

58 people became victims of plaque, including at least 11 children. According to SOHR, more than 160 people were injured; Many are in serious condition. Meanwhile, Munzir told Reuters about 300 victims.

As the agency noted, this is the most deadly chemical attack in Syria since August 2013. Then the troops of the dictator Bashar al -Assad fired at the suburbs of Damascus, in particular Gutu, rockets with Zarin . According to human rights activists, 635 people were killed.

At the same time, as can be concluded according to the reaction of Moscow, initially in the Reuters report it was stated that Russian troops were involved in the attack, although they were not mentioned in the publication of SOHR. The Russian Ministry of Defense made an irritated statement that quoted in particular RIA Novosti.

On Wednesday, the Ministry of Defense presented their version of events in the Syrian province of Idlib. According to the official representative of the ministry Igor Konashenkov, government aircraft bombed the warehouse of terrorists, where ammunition with poisonous substances were stored. At the same time, the Military Department of Russia did not comment on the message about the impact on the Rahma hospital.

Human rights activists and international organizations repeatedly convicted the Assad regime in the use of chemical weapons, namely Zarina and Chlorine. In 2013, when the United States, after attacks under Damascus, threatened the dictator with direct military intervention, Assad announced that he would destroy the chemical arsenal. In early 2016, international experts reported that the liquidation of Syrian chemical weapons was completed. However, since then many new chemical attacks have been documented. In particular, the dictator used chlorine in the battle for Aleppo.

Meanwhile, evidence confirming the use of chemical weapons by Russia has not yet been represented.