UN chief launching probe into hospital attacks in Idlib

Move follows request from 10 Security Council members

By Michael Hernandez

WASHINGTON (AA) - Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is establishing an inquiry into a series of attacks on UN-supported facilities, including hospitals in northwestern Syria's Idlib province, his spokesman confirmed Thursday.

The creation of the UN inquiry board follows a letter from 10 members of the Security Council requesting Guterres launch the probe into Syrian regime and Russian airstrikes on hospitals in Idlib.

The ambassadors of the U.S., U.K., France, Belgium, the Dominican Republic, Germany, Indonesia, Kuwait, Peru and Poland urged Guterres to specifically look into attacks on medical facilities and possible abuse of the UN's deconfliction channel.

Russia, China and the council's non-permanent African countries did not join in the appeal.

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