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UN Charges Syria and Russia with Attacking Hospitals and Refugee Camps
(Reuters) Eric Knecht - Government air strikes have hit hospitals and refugee camps in northwest Syria and killed about 300 civilians as President Assad's forces press an assault against the last rebel stronghold, the UN said on Tuesday. UN human rights spokesman Rupert Colville, asked if Syria and Russia were deliberately targeting civilians and protected buildings, said: "The sheer quantity of attacks on hospitals, medical facilities, and schools would suggest they cannot all be accidental." The attacks could constitute war crimes, he said. Turkey said talks with Russia on Syria were "not satisfactory" and that Ankara would deploy more troops to the Idlib region.