Published : 24-09-2018
Palestinian medic Alaa AlDeen Youssef has been enduring a mysterious fate in Syrian penitentiaries, where he has been kept for the sixth consecutive year.
Neurosurgeon Youssef has gone missing since December 25, 2012. He was kidnapped from a checkpoint pitched near the main entrance to Yarmouk Camp.
Medical staff and structures in war-torn Syria came under heavy shelling by the government squads. Dozens of doctors, pharmacists, and paramedics have been pronounced dead while others have gone missing since the outburst of the deadly warfare. A number of medics have reportedly been tortured to death on allegations of tending to wounded enemies and providing medical assistance to rival parties.
Palestinian medic Alaa AlDeen Youssef has been enduring a mysterious fate in Syrian penitentiaries, where he has been kept for the sixth consecutive year.
Neurosurgeon Youssef has gone missing since December 25, 2012. He was kidnapped from a checkpoint pitched near the main entrance to Yarmouk Camp.
Medical staff and structures in war-torn Syria came under heavy shelling by the government squads. Dozens of doctors, pharmacists, and paramedics have been pronounced dead while others have gone missing since the outburst of the deadly warfare. A number of medics have reportedly been tortured to death on allegations of tending to wounded enemies and providing medical assistance to rival parties.
