World Health Organization says staff member killed in Syria airstrike

The World Health Organization that one of its staff members was killed in an airstrike in Syria on Tuesday.

Emad Shehab, an engineer in the city of Deir-ez-Zor, was killed in the early hours of Tuesday when his building was hit during a series of airstrikes across the area, WHO said. Shehab worked as WHO's focal point for water, sanitation and hygiene in the city.

"His untimely death is a stark reminder of the ongoing violence and suffering endured by the people of Syria. He will be greatly missed," WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus wrote on X.