Russian warplane strikes hospitals in Syria

Russian warplanes are being blamed for carrying out what is being called a "deliberate attack" on two makeshift hospitals in northern Syria Monday that left several people killed or wounded, and at least eight staff members presumed dead.

  Doctors Without Borders -- also known by its French acronym MSF -- said in a statement that the hospital in the town of Maaret al-Numan was hit four times in at least two attacks that were minutes apart. It said at least seven people were killed and at least eight others were "missing, presumed dead." "

This appears to be a deliberate attack on a health structure, and we condemn this attack in the strongest possible terms," said Massimiliano Rebaudengo, MSF's mission chief. "The destruction of the hospital leaves the local population of around 40,000 people without access to medical services in an active zone of conflict."

The group said eight staff members that were missing following the attack are now presumed dead. It also said five patients were killed, as well as a caretaker and a hospital guard, and additional patients are missing.