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Yemen: At Least 11 Civilians Killed in U.S.-Backed, Saudi-Led Airstrikes

HeadlineMay 11, 2018

In Yemen, at least 11 civilians were killed in a 24-hour period in separate airstrikes by the U.S.-backed, Saudi-led coalition. In the first attack, an airstrike hit a home in Yemen’s northern province of Saada late Wednesday, killing five people inside. This is eyewitness Abdallah al-Fasly.

Abdallah al-Fasly: “We heard the sound of missiles at 2 a.m., but we didn’t expect that it was a strike. We went outside to investigate and found it had hit this building here. We waited for a little bit and then entered the building. What we saw inside was painful, something that would make you hate yourself. We saw children underneath the rubble.”

In a second assault, bombs ripped through a residential area of the capital Sana’a early Thursday, killing a family of four and two other civilians. The killings come as the U.S. continues to support the Saudi-led coalition in its war on Yemen’s Houthi rebels, and after The New York Times reported that U.S. Army Green Berets secretly deployed to Yemen late last year. Saudi-led airstrikes have devastated Yemen’s health, water and sanitation systems, sparking a massive cholera outbreak—leading to more than a million cases—and pushing millions of Yemenis to the brink of starvation.

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