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Medics rally against Syria regime Idlib offensive

More than 300 doctors and nurses rallied Sunday (September 16th) in the opposition-held Syrian province of Idlib, urging the international community to protect them against an expected offensive by regime forces, AFP reported.

Brandishing roses and wearing white coats and blue surgical uniforms, the demonstrators gathered in front of the hospital in Atme.

Backed by its ally Russia, the regime has targeted several areas of Idlib with artillery and airstrikes, sometimes hitting hospitals and rescue centres.

But the intensity of the Russian airstrikes has dropped in recent days, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

The protesters in Atme, both men and women, waved the flag of the Syrian revolution as well as placards in English that read "UN, protecting us is your responsibility".

Another directly addressed UN Syria envoy Staffan De Mistura, telling him "protecting health workers in Idlib is part of your mission".

The UN said an airstrike on September 6th struck an NGO-backed hospital in Kafr Zita, a town in the neighbouring province of Hama, putting it out of service.

Two days later, a strike hit and damaged an underground hospital on the outskirts of Hass in Idlib, according to the Observatory.

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