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MSF stops sharing Syria hospital locations after 'deliberate' attacks   by Kareem Shaheen in Beirut Thursday February 18 th , 2016  at  4:37 PM Russia | The Guardian 1 Share Médecins Sans Frontières believes giving GPS coordinates of its facilities to Assad and Russian forces increases chance of direct targeting Hospitals in opposition-held parts of Syria are refusing to share GPS coordinates with Russian and Syrian authorities because of repeated attacks on medical facilities and workers, Médecins Sans Frontières and humanitarian workers on the ground have said. International charity MSF said it took the decision not to formally inform Syria’s government or its Russian allies about the location of some medical facilities, such as the one hit by a deadly airstrike this week, amid concerns that doing so could make them targets. Related:  Bombing hospitals and schools cannot become the new normal | Vickie Hawkins Continue reading...