Syria Facing Catastrophe As Doctors Are Murdered To Stop Wounded Getting Treated And Up To A Million Flee The Nation -- Daily Mail
* The International Rescue Committee describes the level of rape and sexual violence occurring in the conflict as 'horrific'
* UN: More than 60,000 have been killed in the uprising since March 2011
* At least 2million people are thought be internally displaced within Syria
As the death toll continues to grow steadily in Syria, an aid agency working in the conflict zone has said that doctors are being murdered to stop wounded getting treated.
In a report released by International Rescue Committee's Commission on Syrian Refugees, they said that partner organisations which provide emergency medical services and supplies say the health care system has been decimated.
Physicians described 'intimidation, torture and the targeted killing of doctors and other medical staff in retribution for treating the wounded'.
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