How a Hospital Became a Battleground in Syria

How a Hospital Became a Battleground in Syria

Amir, whose name has been changed to protect his identity, cowered as the armed men searched him for weapons they accused him of hiding in his scrubs. He insisted he had none, and they soon found he was telling the truth. Kneeling in a lobby of the Sweida National Hospital in southern Syria, his colleagues to either side of him, he raised his eyes and saw another colleague — a volunteer this time — descend the stairs. His name was Muhammad Bahsa…