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Purveyor

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Thu Aug 18, 2016, 04:38 PM Aug 2016

MSF To Evacuate Staff From Yemen Hospitals After Saudi-Led Air Strikes

Source: Reuters

Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said it was evacuating its staff from six hospitals in northern Yemen on Thursday after a Saudi-led coalition air strike hit a health facility operated by the medical aid group killing 19 people.

"Given the intensity of the current offensive and our loss of confidence in the Saudi-led coalition to prevent fatal attacks, MSF considers the hospitals in Saada and Hajjah governorates unsafe for both patients and staff," the group said in a statement.

Countless attacks on health facilities in Yemen have endangered patients and staff and displayed a failure by warring parties to control the use of force, the group said.

MSF is one of handful of international medical aid groups operating on the ground in Yemen where a 16-month civil war between a Gulf Arab coalition and an Iran-allied militia has killed over 6,500 people and brought one of world's poorest countries close to famine.

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MSF To Evacuate Staff From Yemen Hospitals After Saudi-Led Air Strikes (Original Post) Purveyor Aug 2016 OP
With weapons from the US and nobody will lift a finger to stop them. cpwm17 Aug 2016 #1
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