Syrian rebels say bomb killed 40 in Aleppo hospital

PanARMENIAN.Net - Syrian rebels accused government forces of bombing a hospital in the besieged city of Aleppo late Wednesday, Nov 21, killing at least 40 people as the conflict there ground on, CNN reported.

Ralib al-Omar, a leader of the Yusif al-Asma rebel group, said the attack targeted the Dar al-Shifa Hospital and that the dead included two nurses. The Local Coordination Committees of Syria, a network of opposition activists, said a doctor was among the dead as well -- one of 108 people the group said were killed across the country on Wednesday.

Dar al-Shifa is one of the main sources of medical help for people in Syria's commercial hub. In video posted by opposition activists, the blast appeared to have hit the hospital's often-crowded front lobby.

Aleppo has been the scene of some of the heaviest fighting of the 20-month-old Syrian conflict since August, and an artillery shell had hit the hospital's maternity ward earlier this year.