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August 26, 2016

Kerry Visits Saudi Arabia, as U.N. Condemns U.S.-Backed Saudi War in Yemen
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Secretary of State John Kerry met with the Saudi foreign minister
Thursday during a visit to Saudi Arabia, where the two discussed the
ongoing U.S.-backed, Saudi-led bombing campaign in Yemen. This comes as
the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al-Hussein has
called for an independent investigation into the bombing campaign,
saying civilians are suffering "unbearably." In a statement, he wrote:
"Such a manifestly, protractedly unjust situation must no longer be
tolerated by the international community." In August, the U.S.-backed
Saudi coalition has bombed a Doctors Without Borders hospital, killing
19 people, and bombed two schools in northern Yemen, killing at least 14
children.


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