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[Oersted]

SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Doctors Without Borders says an airstrike has hit a hospital it was operating in northern Yemen, killing and wounding an unknown number of people.

In social media posts, it says the Monday strike hit near the Houthi rebel stronghold of Saada, in the country's north. Yemeni security and medical officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to brief the media, say the strike killed and wounded some 20 of the hospital's staff and patients.

The conflict in Yemen pits an internationally-recognized government backed by a Saudi-led coalition against the Shiite rebels, who captured the capital, Sanaa, in September 2014. The Saudi-led coalition has been carrying out airstrikes in Yemen since March 2015.

Will update as more infos come in.

Via

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/cef9...trike-hits-aid-groups-hospital-northern-yemen

Lock if old

 

[Alexlf]

Hospital bombings seem to be happening far too often
(Bombings in general too, but things like this are especially heinous)

Much respect to the organization and condolences to anyone who died.

 

[Yaphett Kotto]

Wouldn't be surprised if this was from Saudi forces. I remember AL Jazeera showcasing how SA was striking anything that looked like the enemy at one point.

 

[ampere]

These stories break my heart.

Those doctors really risk everything for people in bad situations. RIP

 

[KmA]

Ya rabb I don't know if I can handle anymore news like this

 

[TangoAlphaLima]

I wonder if this is the same hospital from that PBS Frontline episode about the war in Yemen that aired earlier this year?

Awful news.

 

[Jpop]

Wouldn't be surprised if this was from Saudi forces. I remember AL Jazeera showcasing how SA was striking anything that looked like the enemy at one point.

So the same as the U.S. then?

 

[Oersted]

Wouldn't be surprised if this was from Saudi forces. I remember AL Jazeera showcasing how SA was striking anything that looked like the enemy at one point.

Pretty much noone else is doing airstrikes in that region.