An airstrike in Syria has destroyed a hospital in Aleppo supported by the international charity Doctors Without Borders, killing at least 27 people. Among the dead were two doctors, including Aleppo's last pediatrician working in rebel-controlled areas. News accounts reported three children were also killed in the night-time raid overnight into Thursday.
Deadly Airstrikes Hit Aleppo Hospital, Dozens Killed
![A Syrian family walks amid the rubble of destroyed buildings following a reported airstrike in the Bustan al-Qasr rebel-held district of Aleppo, April 28, 2016. A Syrian monitoring group and a team of first-responders say new airstrikes on the rebel-held part of the contested city of Aleppo have killed over a dozen people and brought down at least one residential building.](https://gdb.voanews.com/3f93ba16-6f91-4535-9c6c-7903335ddcc9_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Syrian family walks amid the rubble of destroyed buildings following a reported airstrike in the Bustan al-Qasr rebel-held district of Aleppo, April 28, 2016. A Syrian monitoring group and a team of first-responders say new airstrikes on the rebel-held part of the contested city of Aleppo have killed over a dozen people and brought down at least one residential building.
![People inspect the damage at al-Quds hospital after it was hit by airstrikes in a rebel-held area of Syria's Aleppo, April 28, 2016.](https://gdb.voanews.com/4a4659a7-6cd8-4c05-9e67-60ea9e09b255_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People inspect the damage at al-Quds hospital after it was hit by airstrikes in a rebel-held area of Syria's Aleppo, April 28, 2016.
![This image made from video and posted online from Validated UGC, shows a building on fire after airstrikes hit Aleppo, April 28, 2016. The new violence brings the death toll in the past 24-hours in the deeply divided city to at least 61 killed.](https://gdb.voanews.com/58614637-fe85-4b52-a11b-76ccc7c718ec_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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This image made from video and posted online from Validated UGC, shows a building on fire after airstrikes hit Aleppo, April 28, 2016. The new violence brings the death toll in the past 24-hours in the deeply divided city to at least 61 killed.
![In this image made from video and posted online from Validated UGC, a civil defense worker carries a child after airstrikes hit Aleppo, April 28, 2016.](https://gdb.voanews.com/51fe265d-d68b-4eb0-b5ae-d2dd302d2207_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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In this image made from video and posted online from Validated UGC, a civil defense worker carries a child after airstrikes hit Aleppo, April 28, 2016.