First Maternity Hospital in South Syria Opens on Israeli Border

Yesterday, the first ever maternity hospital opened in southern Syria, near the town of Bariqa on the Syrian side of the Golan Heights, inside the demilitarized zone along the Syrian-Israeli border – only a few hundred yards from the border fence.

In the years since the Syrian civil war began, in 2011, area sick and pregnant women were admitted in a field hospital set up by the IDF for the Israel-aligned rebels and their families on the Israeli border.

The first maternity hospital in southern Syria has two brand new ambulances equipped to treat pregnancy-related emergencies. The hospital is also outfitted with state-of-the-art obstetrics and gynecology equipment, as well as modern incubators.