Maternity hospital bombed in Syria

A maternity hospital in north-western Syria has been bombed, causing casualties among patients and staff, a UK charity says.

Save the Children said the bomb, from an air strike, hit the entrance to the hospital in rural Idlib province.

Images show part of the building destroyed. The number of casualties is not yet clear.

The charity says the hospital is the biggest in the area, carrying out more than 300 deliveries a month.

It is not clear who carried out the air strike.

A Save the Children spokeswoman said the hospital treats about 1,340 women and children every month with an average number of 322 births in the same period. The charity supports the hospital through its partner, Syria Relief.

Russia, a key ally of the Syrian government, said on Thursday that three humanitarian corridors from Aleppo were being opened for civilians and unarmed rebels and a fourth for armed rebels.

About 300,000 people are trapped in rebel-held eastern Aleppo, under intense bombardment.

Russia's announcement was welcomed cautiously by the UN, the US and some aid agencies.

UN envoy Staffan de Mistura said the UN supported such corridors in principle and was asking Russia for more details on how they would work.