Médecins Sans Frontières MSF (Doctors Without Borders) is an independent humanitarian medical aid organisation. We are committed to providing medical aid where it is most needed, regardless of race, religion, politics or gender and also to raising awareness of the plight of the people we help.

Syria: medicine as a weapon

Torture, detention and criminalisation of medicine

The Syrian regime is conducting a campaign of unrelenting repression against people wounded.

Syrian doctor: "We are constantly being pursued by the security forces. Many doctors who treated wounded patients in their private hospitals have been arrested and tortured."

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Work for MSF overseas

During the peak of the fighting between rebels and pro-Ghadaffi forces, this man was wounded by a bullet in his leg. After receiving emergency surgery, he was referred to the Ben Ashour clinic, where MSF is carrying out orthopedic surgery alongside Libyan medical staff.

Everything you need to know about joining MSF – from skills to security

Each year more than 2,500 international staff join 20,000 locally hired staff to provide medical aid in countries around the world.

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Syria: witnesses speak

Patient testimonies from Syrian refugees describe torture and persecution

Testimonies from injured people across Syria, collected by MSF staff, reveal merciless persecution and repression of the injured and their caregivers

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