The US State Department have falsely accused Russia of striking hospitals in Syria during their fight against ISIS, despite a rejection of the claims by the medical staff at Medecins Sans Frontieres and the Red Cross.
The embarrassing contradictions to US claims will strike a blow to the US propaganda machine, who have tried desperately to downplay Russia’s ever-increasing important role in defeating ISIS in the Middle East.
Sputnikenews.com reports:
Dounia Dekhili said that MSF hospitals have no information on which to base the US allegations that Russia is responsible for the destruction of hospitals.
On Thursday, the medical organization reported that 12 hospitals had been targeted in Syria, six of them MSF institutions. However, MSF declined to assign responsibility for the attacks.
#Syria: Massive displacement due to increase of violence. 12 hospitals targeted including 6 supported by #MSF https://t.co/VfcnMMaYyt
— MSF International (@MSF) October 29, 2015
L'ambassade américaine à Moscou accuse la #Russie d'avoir frappé des civils et notamment des hôpitaux. Une responsable... Posted by Sputnik France on Thursday, October 29, 2015
The interview Dounia Dekhili gave to French Sputnik.
Dekhili expressed the medical professionals’ despondency at the violence which had left medical facilities and countless other civilian structures devastated in the course of the conflict, explaining that for years its institutions have reported being targeted by aerial bombardment.
“Regardless of who the parties to the conflict are, there is a total violation of medical and civilian structures.”
On Thursday, spokesman for the US State Department John Kirby was asked to provide sources to substantiate its grave allegations that Russia was responsible for damaging hospitals.
Kirby said that “we have seen some press reporting to that end,” and referred to “Syrian civil society groups” and “other operational information” which led the US administration to make the allegations, but was unable to provide any evidence.
Kirby was asked for substantiation after Red Cross Director Dominic Stillhart said that its personnel on the ground had not reported any airstrikes by Russian planes on civilian targets, including hospitals.
No firsthand info on alleged Russian ‘airstrike’ on Syrian hospital – Red Cross top exec https://t.co/AQEYYgpBVa pic.twitter.com/G8QdLFnLBH
— RT (@RT_com) October 29, 2015
#Yemen: Denial of hospital bombing by Saudi-led coalition contradicts all facts #Haydan https://t.co/VcpgbcW5Go pic.twitter.com/ZFW6d1eGDL
— MSF International (@MSF) October 30, 2015
On October 29, the organization said it was “beyond doubt” that the Saudi-led coalition carrying out bombings in Yemen, had hit its hospital in Haydan on October 26.