Syria attacks hospitals, denies healthcare as ‘weapon of war’: U.N

By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) – Syrian government forces are bombing and shelling hospitals in rebel-held areas to stop sick and wounded people getting treatment, acts which constitute war crimes, U.N. investigators said on Friday. Fighters loyal to President Bashar al-Assad purposefully denied people medical care as a “weapon of war” and had also tortured people in their own medical centers, the independent investigators said. The U.N. team had details of a smaller number of incidents when rebel forces attacked hospitals. …