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July 19, 2017

Yemen: 20 Civilians Killed Near Taiz as Saudis Block U.N. Flight
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In Yemen, at least 20 civilians were killed Tuesday as they attempted to
flee U.S.-backed, Saudi-led airstrikes. Witnesses said a warplane bombed
a vehicle packed with families fleeing intense fighting near the city of
Taiz. The latest civilian deaths came amid a massive cholera epidemic
brought on by the destruction of Yemen's sanitation, water and
healthcare infrastructure, after Saudi-led airstrikes leveled hospitals
and clinics across the country. Since April, cholera has sickened a
third of a million people and killed over 1,700. Meanwhile, the
Saudi-led military coalition prevented a United Nations flight carrying
aid workers from reaching the capital Sana'a Tuesday, after grounding
the flight in Djibouti because three journalists were aboard.


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