Aleppo: Aleppo's Internal Medicine Hospital has gone fully out of service in northern Syria after coming under shelling and direct sniper fire by the PKK/YPG terrorist groups operating under the name of SDF, a Syrian health official said Wednesday. Speaking to Syria's Alikhbariya TV, Aleppo Health Director Mohammad Jomaa stated that the hospital, located in the Bustan al-Basha area, sustained extensive damage to its infrastructure and medical departments, making it impossible to continue operations at the present time.

According to Anadolu Agency - English, emergency measures were taken immediately, with all patients transferred to several hospitals across Aleppo to ensure uninterrupted medical care. Jomaa assured that authorities checked on the condition of patients and confirmed the safety of both patients and on-duty medical staff.

The report comes amid heightened tensions and displacements in parts of Aleppo as the SDF renewed shelling of residential neighborhoods for the second day on Wednesday morning, following a series of attacks by the group in Aleppo on Tuesday that left at least five people dead and 16 others injured. The Syrian army declared that military positions of the SDF in the Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafieh neighborhoods of Aleppo are 'legitimate targets' after the group's escalation and 'massacres' in the province.

On March 10, the Syrian presidency announced an agreement for the SDF's integration into state institutions, reaffirming the country's territorial unity and rejecting any attempts at division. However, Syrian authorities claim that the SDF has not shown any efforts to meet the terms of the agreement in the months since its signing.