Shelling Kills 18 In Syria's Rebel-Held Afrin: War Monitor

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said a doctor, three hospital staff, two women and two children died at Al-Shifaa hospital in the city held by Turkish-backed rebels.

Shelling of the rebel-held city of Afrin in northern Syria killed at least 18 people on Saturday, many of them when a hospital was hit, a war monitor said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said a doctor, three hospital staff, two women and two children died at Al-Shifaa hospital in the city which is held by Turkish-backed rebels. A rebel commander also died at the hospital, the Observatory said, adding that 23 people were injured. An AFP correspondent shot footage of white-helmeted aid workers in the hospital courtyard strewn with bodies.