In the past five years, he has assassinated, bombed, and tortured to death almost seven hundred medical personnel. A United Nations commission concluded that “government forces deliberately target medical personnel to gain military advantage,” denying treatment to wounded fighters and civilians “as a matter of policy.” The health ministry routinely prevents U.N. convoys from delivering medicines and surgical supplies to besieged areas.
Aleppo was the largest city in Syria, with thousands of physicians. Only 5% of them are still there, the others have fled the country.
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