Air-launched missiles strike hospitals in Syria

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​Beirut: Air strikes hit four hospitals in rebel-held northern Syria on Monday, including child and maternity facilities, international aid officials and witnesses reported. The United Nations said at least 50 people were killed, including children.

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Doctors Without Borders says at least eight hospital staff and patients in Syria died and others were still missing, after air strikes hit hospitals on Tuesday.

It was unclear who was responsible for the attacks, which came days before international powers have called for a "cessation of hostilities" in the five-year Syria war. Russian and Syrian aircraft operate in the areas where the hospitals were struck.

Two of the four hospitals were supported by UNICEF. UNICEF's executive director Anthony Lake said in a statement, "Apart from compelling considerations of diplomacy and obligations under international humanitarian law, let us remember that these victims are children."

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​Farhan Haq, a spokesman for the United Nations in New York, told reporters that