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16. 'Medecins Sans Frontieres run by French intelligence', says Assad regime

Syria's representative at the United Nations has defended Russia and the Assad regime from accusations that they bombed a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) hospital on Monday by saying the organisation is a front for French intelligence.

The MSF hospital in the north-western, rebel-held province of Idlib was bombed twice with two missiles each time on Monday morning. Five patients, including a chlid, five members of hospital staff and a caretaker were killed, with two members of staff still missing presumed dead.

MSF said there may be more bodies under the rubble as there was no complete list of patients at the time. It accused Russian bombers of deliberately targeting the hospital.

But Russia has denied it was responsible, and accused MSF of being part of an attempt to fabricate accusations to blacken Moscow's name. On Tuesday night, Bashar al-Jaafari, the Syria ambassador to the UN in New York and chief negotiator for the regime at peace talks, was also asked about the attack.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/12161437/Medecins-Sans-Frontieres-run-by-French-intelligence-says-Assad-regime.html