Amid Syrian attacks, medical agency pleads for Aleppo access

BEIRUT (AP) — An international medical aid agency pleaded on Monday for access to treat the wounded in the eastern, rebel-held part of Syria's Aleppo even as government forces pressed on with their offensive to retake that part of the embattled city. Doctors Without Borders, which supports eight hospitals in Aleppo's besieged eastern quarters, said that only 35 doctors remain in eastern Aleppo, amid an estimated population of 275,000.

BEIRUT (AP) — An international medical aid agency pleaded on Monday for access to treat the wounded in the eastern, rebel-held part of Syria's Aleppo even as government forces pressed on with their offensive to retake that part of the embattled city. Doctors Without Borders, which supports eight hospitals in Aleppo's besieged eastern quarters, said that only 35 doctors remain in eastern Aleppo, amid an estimated population of 275,000.…