Doctors Without Borders (MSF) says it has \u201ctemporarily frozen\u201d its humanitarian activities in northwestern Yemen after an airstrike carried out by warplanes of a Saudi-led military coalition hit a cholera treatment center run by the international medical charity.<\/p>\n
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Doctors Without Borders (MSF) says it has \u201ctemporarily frozen\u201d its humanitarian activities in northwestern Yemen after an airstrike carried out by warplanes of a Saudi-led military coalition hit a cholera treatment center run by the international medical charity.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis morning’s attack on an MSF cholera treatment center by the Saudi and Emirati-led coalition shows complete disrespect for medical facilities and patients,\u201d said Joao Martins, MSF\u2019s head of mission in Yemen, in a statement on Monday.<\/p>\n
His comments came hours after Saudi-led fighter jets struck a newly-built clinic of MSF in the Abs district in the northwestern province of Hajjah. Martins said that the center had been empty at the time of the airstrike, hence, left no casualties.<\/p>\n
He added that the facility’s roof clearly identified it as a medical center and that its coordinates had been previously given to the so-called Saudi-led coalition.<\/p>\n
\u201cMSF has temporarily frozen its activities in Abs until the safety of its staff and patients is guaranteed,\u201d Martins further said.<\/p>\n
Since July 2015, the international charity group has been supporting the Abs hospital, which according to the MSF, is just one kilometer away from the cholera treatment center targeted on Monday.<\/p>\n
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