16 February 2016, 10:25 GMT
UNITED NATIONS (Sputnik) — On Monday, the Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said that a hospital in the northwestern Syrian city of Maarat Numan, in the Idlib province, was hit by four rockets. It did not say which of the warring parties was suspected to be behind the deadly attack claiming the lives of at least seven people.
According to the United Nations, at least four hospitals and a school in Syria were bombed on Monday.
"While it is not yet clear whether these facilities were intentionally targeted, the sheer number of incidents raises huge question marks about the failure of the parties to the conflict to respect the special protections afforded to medical facilities and personnel under international humanitarian law," the statement reads.
It was added in the statement that the airstrikes on hospitals could be classified as a war crime, because the facilities were under the protection of the Red Cross or Red Crescent emblem.
Meanwhile, Syrian Ambassador to Moscow Riad Haddad accused the US of striking a hospital in Syria’s Idlib province, while Turkey's Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu accused Russia of striking the hospital.
Moscow urged not to trust distorted media reports and "not become a victim of perverse information".
