Syria attacks healthcare providers as a weapon of war

Reuters:
Syrian government forces are bombing and shelling hospitals in rebel-held areas to stop sick and wounded getting treatment, acts which constitute war crimes, U.N. investigators said on Friday.

Fighters loyal to President Bashar al-Assad purposefully denied people medical care as a "weapon of war", they added in a report. They also had details of a smaller number of incidents when rebel forces attacked hospitals.

"The pattern of attacks indicates that government forces deliberately targeted hospitals and medical units to gain military advantage by depriving anti-government armed groups and their perceived supporters of medical assistance," the report said.

The attacks started as violence mounted in Syria's civil war in early 2012 and were continuing, it added.
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There appears to be no line that the regime or those they are fighting will not cross.  The use of WMD is just one aspect of the war crimes of this regime and its supporters.

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