At least 15 dead after airstrikes hit medical facilities in Aleppo

In the divided Syrian city of Aleppo, at least 15 people are reported to have been killed and dozens wounded in airstrikes that the United Nations says targeted three medical facilities in the span of three hours.

One facility was among the few that continued to provide pediatric services in the area, and babies inside had to be rescued from incubators, the BBC reports. The airstrikes took place in rebel-held territory as the government tries to regain control of the city, but it's not entirely clear who was responsible. There are just a few hospitals still open to provide care for about 350,000 residents, and several medical personnel have been killed or injured. "Hundreds of medical facilities that provide critical life-saving health care for thousands have been damaged or destroyed," Dr. Peter Salama, UNICEF's regional director for the Middle East and North Africa, said in a statement. "In the past two weeks alone, six health facilities were attacked across the country."

Aleppo was once Syria's commercial and industrial hub, but it has been divided since 2012, with the government in control of the western portion of the city and rebels in the east.

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