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UN warns of 'catastrophic' breakdown of Syria cease-fire

The United Nations warned of a catastrophic breakdown of the Syria cease-fire as the United States said it was outraged by what it initially assessed to be a deliberate Syrian regime airstrike on a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Aleppo.
People inspect the damage at al-Quds hospital after it was hit by airstrikes, in a rebel-held area of Syria's Aleppo, April 28, 2016. REUTERS/Abdalrhman Ismail     TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY      - RTX2C10D

WASHINGTON — The United States expressed outrage at what it initially assessed to be a deliberate Syrian regime airstrike on a Doctors Without Borders-affiliated hospital in Aleppo that killed dozens of people, and the United Nations has warned of a catastrophe if the United States and Russia don’t quickly restore Syria’s partial cease-fire that has badly degraded in Syria’s largest city in the past week.

"We are outraged by yesterday’s airstrikes in Aleppo on the al-Quds hospital … which killed dozens of people, including children, patients and medical personnel," Secretary of State John Kerry said in a statement April 28.

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