All hospitals in eastern Aleppo out of action after bombardments: officials

By Angus McDowall BEIRUT (Reuters) – All hospitals in Syria's besieged rebel-held eastern Aleppo are out of service after days of heavy air strikes, its health directorate and the World Health Organization (WHO) said, though a war monitor said some were still functioning. White House national security adviser Susan Rice said the United States condemned “in the strongest terms” the latest air strikes against hospitals and urged Russia, an ally of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, to take steps to halt the violence.

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All hospitals in eastern Aleppo out of action after bombardments: officials