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October 28, 2015

Yemen: U.S.-Backed Coalition Bombs Doctors Without Borders Hospital 
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The U.S.-backed, Saudi-led coalition in Yemen has bombed a Doctors
Without Borders hospital. Doctors Without Borders said hospital staff
and two patients managed to escape as the hospital was hit multiple
times over a two-hour period Monday night. The hospital's roof was
marked with the Doctors Without Borders logo, and the GPS coordinates
had been shared multiple times with the Saudi-led coalition, most
recently just two weeks ago. Doctors Without Borders' Meguerditch
Terzian described the damage.

Dr. Meguerditch Terzian: "Several airstrikes happened in the zone,
including the hospital had been hit, and 99 percent of the compound is
destroyed now. It was around midnight yesterday, so it was a miracle for
me that we didn't have any victims despite the fact that all the staff
were in the hospital. And they were considering that the hospital is a
safe place to stay during the night, so it was not the case,
unfortunately."

 

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