18 killed in series of air strikes on Syrian hospital

A series of air strikes on opposition areas in Syria’s northern Aleppo province have killed at least 18 people, including children and hospital staff, activists and rescue workers said.

The strikes hit the only hospital for women and children in the town of Kafr Hamra, killing two staff. Syrian civil defence officials said they pulled 10 people alive from the rubble.

Kafr Hamra is close to the northern front line in the deeply divided city of Aleppo, where government troops have sealed the main route into opposition areas, effectively trapping nearly 300,000 residents.