Annie Sparrow, a critical-care pediatrician and public health professional, is assistant professor of global health and deputy director of the human rights program at Icahn School of Medicine. https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/contributor/annie-sparrow-m-d/rss en Government & Pro-Government Forces Human Rights ISIS Thu, 26 Dec 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Annie Sparrow, M.D. https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2013/12/26/doctors-on-the-frontline-we-are-targets-in-syrias-civil-war https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2013/12/26/doctors-on-the-frontline-we-are-targets-in-syrias-civil-war We don’t know the exact details of why Abbas Khan, the British surgeon who died while in custody, was arrested last November at a regime checkpoint in Syria and imprisoned and tortured, or the manner of his death. We might never know the truth.