The cholera outbreak gripping northern Syria is showing no sign of slowing, with 13,000 suspected cases of the disease and 60 related deaths reported, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said Friday. The cholera wave, which began last month, was first linked to water contamination and the severe water shortage in the northeast of the country, but has now spread elsewhere. Raqqa National Hospital reported that this was the first time cholera has been confirmed in northeast Syria since 2007. Cholera is an incredibly contagious disease, spread through water contaminated with faecal bacteria. It causes …