US State Department refuses to provide details on Russians bombing a Syrian hospital

Just days after the Americans bombed a MSF hospital in Afghanistan the Americans are doing a it-for-tat by accusing the Russians of "targeting infrastructure" and bombing a hospital in Syria.


The problem is they refuse to provide any detail

Journalists Grill US State Dept over claims Russia airstrike hit a hospital in Syria

Russian bombing hits Syrian hospital: US

SMH,

30 October, 2014

The United States has "operational information" that leads US officials to believe Russian military aircraft hit a hospital while carrying out bombing raids in Syria, the State Department said on Thursday.

Since the start of the Russian bombing campaign on September 30, various reports from media and civilian groups have charged that Russian warplanes have hit hospitals with their air strikes.

The medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres told Reuters on Thursday that air strikes in northern Syria had hit 12 hospitals, but it did not specify which country carried out the bombings.

A bomb is released from a Russian Su-34 strike fighter in Syria. Photo: Russian Defence Ministry

The director of operations for the International Committee of the Red Cross told Russian television RT he was unaware of any such incidents, the English-language news channel reported.

Asked at a briefing whether the United States had evidence that Russian bombing had hit Syrian hospitals, State Department spokesman John Kirby said, "Yes, we've seen some information that would lead us to believe that Russian military aircraft did hit a hospital.

"We have seen some press reporting to that end, we have seen some Syrian civil society groups say that," Mr Kirby said.

"I would tell you that we have other operational information that leads us to believe that Russian targeting has not only not been focused on Isil [Islamic State] but has, in fact, caused collateral damage and some civilian casualties, to include some civil infrastructure."

Russia says it is targeting IS militants with its bombing raids, but US officials have said most of the attacks are directed at other militant groups that threaten the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad

Syria hospitals Russia accused of bombing don’t exist – Defense Min

PROPAGANDA FAIL: 5 of 6 Syrian Hospitals Allegedly Hit by Russian Airstrikes Don’t Exist

http://21stcenturywire.com/2015/11/03/propaganda-fail-5-of-6-syrian-hospitals-allegedly-hit-by-russian-airstrikes-dont-exist/

21st Century Wire says…

Some basic fact checking would have saved the Western media from this embarrassment.

Watch a video of this report here:

The Russian Defence Ministry has openly attacked claims launched by Western mainstream media outlets that their mission in Syria has been targeting hospitals and civilians.

Major General Konoshenkov said this:

“I would like to remind you that a week ago several leading Western media outlets citing the US-based Syrian American Medical Society accused us of allegedly bombing hospitals in  al-Ees, al-Hader, Khan Tuman, Sarmin, Latamna and al-Zirba.“

“All these reports were made without any proof…“

“We investigated this information. It turned out, in fact, that there is a hospital only in the settlement of Sarmin. There are no hospitals in al-Ees, al-Hader, Khan Tuman, Latamna and al-Zirba, and, consequently, there are no healthcare workers.“

The Ministry even provided photographs of the hospital in Sarmin, clearly showing that it had notbeen destroyed:

That’s the hospital – still standing. (Photo Credit: Russian Defence Ministry)

The Western media’s attacks can be seen as a pathetic response to the embarrassment that Russia has caused the West since the beginning of its air campaign in Syria; which is taking place legally, at the request of the sovereign, Syrian government.

In just one month, Putin’s mission has accomplished far more than the Western coalition managed in over a year, which calls into question Washington’s true motives in the region.