Al-Jaafari Blasts MSF at the UN over Hospital Attack

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Syria's United Nations envoy Bashar al-Jaafari on Tuesday accused the medical aid charity Doctors without Borders [MSF] of being a front for French intelligence in Syria and dismissed allegations that Russian air strikes destroyed one of its hospitals.

The ambassador further stated that his government has "credible information" that the US-led alliance struck a hospital in northern Syria run by the MSF.

He also accused the US and its allies of triggering a hostile media campaign blaming Syria and its ally Russia for the "criminal act against a hospital."

According to al-Jaafari, "The so-called hospital was installed without any prior consultation with the Syrian government by the so-called French network called MSF which is a branch of the French intelligence operating in Syria."

For its part, MSF claimed that at least 11 people were killed after the hospital in Idlib province was destroyed on Monday morning, but it did not assign blame for the attack.

"They assume the full consequences of the act because they did not consult with the Syrian government," al-Jaafari told reporters.

"They did not operate with the Syrian government permission," he added.

The Syrian ambassador spoke following a UN Security Council meeting called by Russia to discuss Turkey's military action against Kurdish fighters in northern Syria.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team