Airstrikes followed, the Observatory said. International medical charities say Syrian government forces target hospitals, clinics and ambulances in opposition-held areas.

(Courtesy Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS)) Underground hospitals were a staple during World War II, to protect patients and medical personnel from aerial bombardment.

Activists and aid workers say attack on hospital in Aleppo province is 5th strike against a health facility this year by Bashar Assad's forces or his Russian allies.

This Syrian doctor saved thousands in an underground hospital During Syria’s deadly civil war, Amani Ballour treated victims of airstrikes and chemical attacks—memories that still haunt her today.

A Syrian pediatrician who helped run a hidden underground hospital in the suburb of Eastern Ghouta on the outskirts of the capital Damascus says she saved thousands of lives during the country’s ...

Now, more sophisticated underground hospitals are being built by the Syrian American Medical Society. In the countryside, they're excavating a cave to replace a regional hospital that serves more ...

“The ‘cave’ is the system used by medical societies to move hospitals underground after the Russians entered Syria and started using heavy bombs in the cities,” says the 35-year-old Fayyad ...

Mohammed Samer last week was like any other third-year medical student at Aleppo University, struggling to complete his studies as his country was ripped apart by war.

Syrian medics say they have been forced to build hospitals underground Credit: Syrian American Medical Society 10 Before mothers-to-be had to risk giving birth in wards on the battlefront Credit ...

Air strikes hit underground cave hospital near Hama, medical workers accuse government of using bunker-busting bombs ...