Yemen War News Updates -- October 27, 2015

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WSJ: Airstrikes Hit Clinic in Yemen, Aid Group Says

Clinic run by Doctors Without Borders struck at least twice, the charity says

DUBAI—At least two airstrikes hit a clinic run by Doctors Without Borders in northern Yemen, wounding two people and severely damaging the facility, the medical group said Tuesday, as concern grows among United Nations officials and rights groups about escalating civilian casualties in the seven-month war.

Hassan Boucenine, who oversees the charity’s projects in Yemen, didn’t say who was responsible for the airstrikes late Monday that destroyed the offices and maternity ward of the clinic in Saada province, near Yemen’s border with Saudi Arabia.

He said, however, the organization, known by its French initials MSF, had requested a response to the attack from officials of the Saudi-led coalition that is carrying out an air campaign in Yemen to unseat the Iranian-backed Houthi movement in control of the capital San’a. Saada province is a Houthi stronghold.

WNU Editor: It seems that everyone is getting involved in this conflict .... 800 Colombian Soldiers to Join Saudi-Led Forces in Yemen (Yemen Online). Also Sudanese soldiers ....
Hundreds of Sudanese troops join Saudi-led campaign in Yemen (Isurfpaducah)

Yemen War News Updates -- October 27, 2015

Yemeni hospital hit by Saudi-led air strike: medical aid group MSF -- Reuters
Yemen conflict: MSF hospital destroyed by air strikes -- BBC
Airstrikes hit Doctors Without Borders clinic in Yemen -- CNN
Saudi-led coalition says it did not bomb hospital in north Yemen -- Reuters
Yemen: Coalition, pro-gov’t forces close to recapturing Taiz presidential palace -- Asharq Al-Awsat
Yemen government forces make gains in southwest city Taiz, locals say -- Reuters
Dozens Killed in Battle for Western Yemeni City of Taiz -- AP
Islamic Militants Storm Supermarket in Yemen's City of Aden -- AP
Saudi led coalition destroys seven boats carrying weapons to Yemen -- Al Arabiya
Hundreds of Colombian mercenaries to fight for Saudi-led coalition in Yemen -- Middle East Monitor
Hundreds of Sudanese troops join Saudi-led campaign in Yemen -- Isurfpaducah
Insight - Islamists rise as chaos descends in Yemen's cosmopolitan port -- Reuters
Yemeni Army, Committees Destroy Another Saudi Warship -- Al Manar
‘Yemen is ablaze,’ UN envoy tells Security Council, pressing for peace talks to end civilian suffering -- UN News Centre
Despite war, Yemen still draws opportunity-seeking migrants -- AP
Saudi waging scorched earth war on Yemen: Analyst -- Press TV
The world needs to know about Yemen’s war. But journalists are being silenced -- Charlene Rodrigues, The Guardian
Yemen's Tribal System Contributes to Deepening Conflict -- VOA
93% of deaths and injuries in Yemen are civilian - this must change -- Nigel Fisher, The Guardian