![An inside view from Ma'arrat Al-Numan National Hospital, destroyed in airstrikes by the forces of the ousted Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria, is awaiting reconstruction and reopening in Idlib, Syria on March 10, 2025. [Bakr Al Kasem - Anadolu Agency]](https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/AA-20251113-39695740-39695730-MAARRAT_ALNUMAN_NATIONAL_HOSPITAL_AWAITS_REOPENING_IN_SYRIA.jpg)
Syria’s Health Ministry signed a memorandum of understanding with the United Nations Development Program on Tuesday to rehabilitate five hospitals across the country, Anadolu reports. The agreement, funded by the German government, aims to restore infrastructure and operational capacity at several public hospitals and was signed at the Health Ministry’s headquarters in Damascus, the SANA news agency reported. The memorandum covers the rehabilitation, renovation and equipping of hospitals in Jisr al-Shughour in Idlib province, Halfaya in Hama, Taldu in Homs, the National Hospital in al-Bukamal in the Deir el-Zour countryside, and the National Hospital in Daraa, SANA said. The agreement comes as Syria’s health care system continues to struggle after years of deterioration caused by the devastating war launched by the […]
