Dr Talat Amer, a surgeon at Sweida National Hospital in southern Syria, worked tirelessly for three days as bombs fell and the building came under siege from government and militia forces.
On the fourth day of fighting in the Druze-majority city, Dr Amer was shot in the head as he tried to return to work.
“He was dressed in scrubs and they executed him. Then they called his wife on his phone and bragged about it,” Sami, a surgeon at the hospital, told The Telegraph. Witnesses reported it was regime forces wearing Islamic State badges on their military fatigues.
