The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. July 25, 2016 Syria: Assad Government Kill 5 in Strikes on Medical Facilities --------------------------------------------------------------- Syrian government air raids over the weekend struck five medical facilities in and around the city of Aleppo. Five people were killed in the strikes. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said all five clinics remained closed after the bombings. Physicians for Human Rights says 750 medical personnel have been killed in Syria since 2011-698 in attacks carried out by government forces and their allies.