Death toll from air strike on hospital in Syria's Aleppo climbs to 50 - MSF


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  • Friday, 29 Apr 2016

People inspect the damage at the Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF)-backed al-Quds hospital after it was hit by airstrikes, in a rebel-held area of Syria's Aleppo, April 28, 2016. REUTERS/Abdalrhman Ismail

BEIRUT (Reuters) - The death toll at a hospital hit by air strikes in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo rose to at least 50 people, including six medics, the French charity Medecins sans Frontieres said on Friday.

The al-Quds hospital, in a rebel-held part of the divided city, was struck overnight Wednesday-Thursday in an attack that was widely condemned abroad.

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