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First UN Medical Relief Flight Departs Yemen's Rebel-Held Capital

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   A United Nations medical relief flight evacuated patients from Yemen's
   rebel-held capital Sana'a for the first time in over three years.
   A Saudi-led military coalition controls Yemen's airspace and has
   prevented any flights from leaving Sana'a since August 2016.
   Eight patients and their families were flown to Egypt and Jordan to
   receive "life-saving specialized care not available in Yemen,"
   according to the World Health Organization. Most were women and
   children with cancer and kidney failure.

   "This is the first of what we hope will be a number of flights in the
   medical air bridge," U.N. Resident Coordinator for Yemen Lise Grande
   said.

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