Five out of six Syrian hospitals allegedly hit by Russian airstrikes don't exist

Sputnik
Mon, 02 Nov 2015 15:42 UTC

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Press briefing by Russian Defense Ministry Spokesperson Konashenkov.

The Russian Defense Ministry has denied an existence of five out of six Syrian hospitals allegedly hit by Russian airstrikes, said that the claims of Western media unfounded.

Russia's Defense Ministry denied the existence of five out of six Syrian hospitals allegedly hit by Russian airstrikes.

"I would like to remind you that a week ago several leading Western media outlets citing the US-based Syrian American Medical Society accused us of allegedly bombing hospitals in al-Ees, al-Hader, Khan Tuman, Sarmin, Latamna and al-Zirba," ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov told reporters.

"We investigated this information. It turned out, in fact, that there is a hospital only in the settlement of Sarmin. There are no hospitals in al-Ees, al-Hader, Khan Tuman, Latamna and al-Zirba, and, consequently, there are no healthcare workers," he added.

Russia has been conducting precision airstrikes against ISIL positions in Syria at the request of President Bashar Assad since September 30.

Comment: So not only was it not Russia who bombed the hospitals (leaving open the possibility that perhaps Syrian forces bombed them), but the hospitals don't even exist! The U.S. is really scraping the bottom of the barrel for anti-Russian propaganda.