20+ Yemeni Women and Children Killed in Saudi Coalition Airstrike

By: Daniel Larrison
Once again, an air strike hit the Saudi coalition of displaced people in Yemen and killed more than 20 women and children:

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Nasser Arrabyee@narrabyee

New US-Saudi massacre in Yemen today!

22 children&4 women were killed today by US-Saudi airstrikes on displaced people’s tents and cars in Duraihim area, Hodeida, western coast.

No sooner had US-Saudi war criminals finished one war crime than they committed a new one!

7:13 PM – Aug 23, 2018

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The attack struck people fleeing from Hodeidah, the vitally important port city that the coalition has been attacking for the last few months. Coalition airstrikes have killed displaced Yemenis in and around Hodeidah in the past, and now they are killing them as they try to flee the fighting. Two weeks ago, the coalition murdered over 50 people in a crowded marketplace in Dahyan in northern Yemen, and today they have committed another massacre of dozens of innocent Yemenis who were trying to get away from the disastrous coalition offensive on Hodeidah.

Today’s attack comes less than a day after Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) blocked the amendment of Senator Murphy, who called for a halt to US support for the Saudi alliance. It is just the latest in a series of coalition war crimes that the United States has made possible through its continued empowerment of the bombing campaign. US military assistance to the coalition allows them to carry out these crimes against Yemeni civilians and makes our government complicit in these senseless killings. The Senate needs to address Senator Murphy’s amendment and vote to end this vile policy.

Update: The death toll from the attack rose to 31.