IS 'attacks Syrian hospital, killing 20 pro-regime forces'

The Islamic State jihadist group Saturday overran a government-controlled hospital in eastern Syria, killing 20 members of pro-regime forces and taking medical staff hostage, a monitor said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the jihadists attacked Al-Assad hospital in Deir Ezzor as they press an advance to control the oil-rich city and its vital airbase. The attack sparked clashes with regime forces providing security for the hospital in which six jihadists were killed, the monitor sa