The New Yorker

The Shadow Doctors

Sunday, June 26, 2016
In the past five years, the Syrian government has assassinated, bombed, and tortured to death almost 700 medical personnel. Thousands of physicians once worked in Aleppo, formerly Syria’s most populous city, but the assault has resulted in an exodus of 95% of them. Despite the onslaught, doctors and international N.G.O.s have forged an elaborate network of underground hospitals throughout Syria.