Aleppo doctors on strike over lack of protection
Doctors in Aleppo took to the streets today after calling for a general strike in all of Aleppo city’s hospitals to protest against the unlawful detention and killing of an employee of Al Dakak hospital yesterday. The employee was taken by an armed group in front of IDA’s Children’s Hospital and later died from his wounds. Demonstrating today […]
IDA thanks the Turkish Red Crescent
Independent Doctors Association’s Director Dr. Mahmoud Mustafa presents a letter of gratitude to the Turkish Red Crescent team leader Kadir Kemaloğlu in Kilis in recognition of their long-lasting efforts in facilitating IDA’s cross-border work. The collaborative ties between the two organisations were particularly valuable and rewarding over the past two months in ensuring humanitarian assistance reached Northern Aleppo after […]
Syria Deeply | ”Meet the Doctors Keeping Aleppo Alive”
A long feature of our cross-border work in Syria is published in Syria Deeply, welcome to our world.
Letter to President Putin on airstrikes
Vladimir Putin President of the Russian Federation 4 Staraya Square Moscow 103132 President Putin, 24 February 2016 This letter is written on behalf of more than 200 Syrian civil society organisations and relief groups, who together provide life-saving humanitarian assistance and services to millions of Syrians. Our organizations have watched your forces brutalize our nation […]
Human Rights Watch | ”Syria: Great Danger to Civilians in Azaz Hospitals, School Hit, No Place to Flee for Civilians”
Attacks on Azaz and a neighboring town in northern Aleppo, Syria, hit two hospitals and a school used by displaced Syrians, killing at least 20 civilians. Witness statements and evidence of the aftermath indicates that the attacks on February 15, which also wounded 38, were part of the joint Russian-Syrian offensive in the area. According to […]
The Guardian | ”Drone footage shows Bab al-Salama refugee camp on Turkey-Syria border”
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2016/feb/13/drone-footage-shows-bab-al-salama-refugee-camp-on-turkey-syria-border-video Drone footage shows the Bab al-Salama refugee camp on the Syrian border with Turkey. Turkish humanitarian groups IHH and the Independent Doctors Association established the camp over a matter of days to accommodate thousands of Syrian refugees. Turkey’s crossing remains closed, despite pressure from the UN to re-open its border to the increasing number […]
Reuters | ”Border hospitals overwhelmed by Russian-backed assault on Syria’s Aleppo”
A week into the Russian airstrike offensive on Northern Aleppo, border hospitals like the Bab al Salama Hospital run by Independent Doctors Association are completely overwhelmed. Director Dr. Mahmoud Mustafa talked to Reuters about the new medical emergency unfolding in Aleppo: “We are seeing new types of injuries due to Russian air strikes,” said Mahmoud Mustafa, director of the Independent […]
