Many have forgotten that as US and Russian forces battle the Islamic State, a few hundred kilometers away, Saudi Arabia continues to wage war in Yemen, which is where earlier today a Saudi-led coalition air strike hit a hospital run by Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in the northern Hajja province in Yemen, killing at least seven people and wounding 13. A Reuters witness cited by The Guardian at the scene of the attack in the Abs district, said medics could not immediately evacuate the wounded because war planes continued to fly over the area and first responders feared more bombings.
The facility is run by aid group Medecins Sans Frontières, which confirmed on its official Twitter account that an air strike had occurred but said the number of deaths and injuries remained unclear.
BREAKING: #Yemen MSF-supported hospital was hit by airstrikes at 15:45. We are assessing the situation. Number of casualties still unknown.
— MSF International (@MSF) August 15, 2016
“Yes, we confirm the news. A hospital that is run by MSF was hit by a couple of airstrikes today at 3.45pm local time. Right now we don’t have more information. Medical staff are attending the wounded,” MSF spokesperson Malak Shaher told RT.
MSF says it has supported the hospital since July 2015, adding that 4,611 patients have been treated at the facility.
The incident comes less than two days after MSF accused the Saudi-led coalition of killing 10 children and injuring 28 more in a strike that hit a school in the Houthi rebel stronghold of Saada in northern Yemen. The coalition denied targeting the school and claimed it hit a rebel camp where underage fighters were trained, AFP reports.
Just last week the US approved the sale of 130 Abrams tanks and other military equipment to Saudi Arabia for $1.2 billion. As most know, Saudi Arabia has been the most generous donor to the Clinton Family Foundation, and as the WSJ reported last week, donors have historicall expected a quid-pro-quo in exchange for their “donations.”
As a further reminder, last October, an airstrike by the US government bombed a MSF facility in Afghanistan and prompted the humanitarian organization to accuse Obama of a “War Crime.” That story was quickly buried by the mainstream media.
The Saudi-led coalition has not responded to requests for comment.
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