BEIRUT: Numerous doctors and nurses and medical facilities have been hit or targeted by missiles or air strikes since the start of the conflict in Syria in March 2011.

The latest case came when an air strike and artillery fire hit the two largest hospitals in rebel-held parts of Syria's Aleppo overnight, in what rights groups said was a deliberate strategy of targeting civilian infrastructure.

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