The UN Security Council must not cut the vital lifeline of cross-border humanitarian aid while thousands of lives hang in the balance,” said Heba Morayef, Amnesty International’s Middle East and North Africa Director. The UN Security Council must not cut the vital lifeline of cross-border humanitarian aid while thousands of lives hang in the balance. Witness accounts were corroborated by videos and photographs as well as expert analysis of satellite imagery, reports by flight spotters on the ground and intercepted Russian and Syrian air force flight communications. Amnesty International documented attacks resulting in the closure of five hospitals in areas under armed opposition group control. Medical equipment is damaged after Russian warplanes hit residential areas in Idlib, north-west Syria on 30 January, 2020.

Source: The North Africa Journal May 11, 2020 06:00 UTC