Photo Gallery Bombing Doctors and Clinics
With governments bombing hospitals and militias attacking medical staff, the work of Doctors without Borders is in jeopardy. Rules to protect aid workers in war zones are increasingly being ignored.
A bombed-out hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan. On Oct. 3, 2015, the US Air Force fired on the MSF hospital in the city. Forty-two people died, including 14 members of the organization.
Foto: AP/dpa
Bettina Weitz, head of mission for Syria with Doctors Without Borders, explains different hospitals' functions on a map of Syria inside her office in Amman, Jordan. With few on the ground in Syria and support handled remotely, Weitz calls the system "the most frustrating experience of our time."
Foto: Lindsey Leger/ DER SPIEGEL
Dr. Edgar Esclante (right) has just finished a 14-month mission for Doctors Without Borders in Jordan, where he has treated Syrian war victims. He has seen things he will never forget.
Foto: Lindsey Leger/ DER SPIEGEL
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