Newshour in Syria: Doctors say sanctions crush healthcare

Newshour reports from Damascus on the doctors who say they are fighting against crippling sanctions when trying to look after their patients.

Also on the programme: Friedrich Merz has suffered a shock defeat in a parliamentary vote, failing to win the majority needed to become Germany's new chancellor; and Port Sudan is again attacked by paramilitaries.

(Photo: A child injured in an airstrike receives medical treatment at a hospital in Idlib, northern Syria, 01 December 2024. Credit: EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)