That medical staff and sick and injured people are killed inside a hospital speaks of the cruelty and inhumanity of this war.
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“At no point did USA military personnel provide direct or implicit approval of target selection or prosecution”, Stump said.
The medical aid group said that it is not confident its staff and facilities would be safe from future attacks after the bombing of a hospital it supports on Monday.
The Arab coalition began air raids in March previous year, later sending in ground forces, to support the internationally recognised government of President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi after Huthi rebels and their allies overran much of Yemen.
Despite such warnings, the US has continued to back Saudi Arabia in its military campaign.
The MSF is evacuating its obstetricians, pediatricians, surgeons and emergency room specialists from six Saada and Hajjah hospitals in northern Yemen, the global medical aid group tweeted on Thursday.
However, Brigadier General Ahmed al-Asseri, spokesman for the Saudi-led forces has down played Washington’s move and has declined to confirm the role of USA military personnel now after the withdrawal.
Another air attack on Saturday hit what MSF described as a school in neighbouring Saada province, killing 10 children. Saudis insisted they were hitting “a major training camp for the militia” and that the attack killed a Houthi rebel leader.
The violence increased after a Saudi-led Arab coalition launched a military campaign in March a year ago to help shore up the government of President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi.
The Arab coalition began air raids and later sent in ground forces to support the internationally recognised government of President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi after Shiite Huthi rebels and their allies overran much of Yemen. The crisis quickly escalated into a multisided war, which allowed al Qaeda and ISIS – other enemies of the Houthis – to grow stronger in the country, strategically located at the opening to the Red Sea.
Meanwhile, the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen, which is responsible for the aerial bombings, has expressed “deep regret” over the decision.
The suspension of those talks in early August, after they made no headway, led to an intensification of bombing and fighting. A MSF hospital was hit in January, killing at least five people.
“I … had to consider the very real prospect that millions of other children would suffer grievously if, as was suggested to me, countries would defund many United Nations programs”, he said in defence of his decision to take the kingdom off the list. The UN has accused Saudi-led forces – backed by the USA – of killing twice as many civilians as all others combined.
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As Common Dreams has reported since the Saudi-led and US -backed assault began early in 2015, the civilian population has faced devastating violence and, already one of the poorest countries on earth, an increasingly dire humanitarian crisis threatening tens of millions.
