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May 11, 2018

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