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Saudi Arabia, Yemen

MSF paramedic, civilian first responders killed in Saudi double-tap airstrike in Yemen

NOVANEWS Almost two dozen people, including civilian rescuers and an ambulance driver from an MSF-affiliated hospital, have reportedly been killed after Saudi-led coalition planes carried out repeated airstrikes on the same target in Sa’ada province, Yemen. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) confirmed the fatal air raids in Sa’ada, saying the “planes went back to bomb areas already hit.” “An ambulance driver from an MSF hospital [was] killed,” the NGO wrote, explaining that the first responders at the scene had been trying to help those wounded in the first round of strikes. The ambulance had just picked up the victims when a direct strike killed everyone inside it, said the director of the Jumhuriya Hospital in Sa’ada province, according to the New York Times. Yemen’s Health Ministry h...
Saudi Arabia, Yemen

Saudi Zio-Wahhabi Ambassador: ‘Like Asking if You’ll Stop Beating Your Wife’

NOVANEWS Saudi Zio-Wahhabi Ambassador to US Dodges Yemen Cluster Bomb Question: ‘Like Asking if You’ll Stop Beating Your Wife’ Prince Abdullah Al-Saud, Saudi Zio-Wahhabi ambassador to the United States, was confronted by a reporter from the Intercept. “Will you continue to use cluster weapons in Yemen?” the reporter asked the diplomat. Zio-Wahhabi Al-Saud laughed before answering: “This is like the question, ‘Will you stop beating your wife?’” After the reporter repeated the question, the ambassador again dismissed it, saying “You are political operators. I’m not a politician.” Speaking at the Annual Arab-US Policymakers Conference last week, al-Saud insisted that the Saudi Zio-Wahhabi led coalition will continue its bombing campaign in Yemen, the Intercept reported. “If anyone...