AFP: 13 dead as Russia strike hits Syria field hospital

In this photo taken from Russian Defense Ministry official website on Oct. 6, 2015, a Russian SU-34 bomber lands at an airbase Hmeimim in Syria (AP Photo)

Russia's defence ministry said on October 21 that its armed forces had targeted Sarmin, but did not mention the hospital

At least 13 people including medical staff were killed when Russian warplanes struck a field hospital in northwestern Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Wednesday, October 21.

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"Thirteen people were killed in Russian air strikes on Tuesday on a field clinic in the town of Sarmin, including a physiotherapist, a guard, and civil defence member," the Observatory's Rami Abdel Rahman told AFP.

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Sarmin lies in the northwestern province of Idlib, which has been regularly targeted by Russia's military since the beginning of its air war in Syria on September 30. Full story