US-backed coalition bombs Yemen’s new cholera treatment center, after unleashing world’s largest outbreak
A
military coalition formally led by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab
Emirates, and supported by the United States and Britain, bombed a
newly constructed cholera treatment in Yemen on Monday, June 11.
This
attack comes after Yemen, the poorest country in the Middle East,
suffered through the worst cholera outbreak in recorded history, with
more than 1 million cases reported in 2017 alone.
The
cholera treatment center was operated by the humanitarian
organization Doctors Without Borders (known in French as Médecins
Sans Frontières, or MSF). It was located in Yemen’s northwestern
Hajjah Governorate, an area that has been heavily bombarded by Saudi
Arabia for more than 3 years.
MSF said
in a statement that the cholera treatment center had markings on the
roof that clearly identified it as a healthcare facility. It added
that the center has been destroyed and is now completely
non-functional.
The
U.S.-backed Saudi coalition has repeatedly bombed medical facilities
in Yemen, including several operated by MSF.
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