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MSF to evacuate staff from Yemen hospitals

Friday, 19 August 2016 12:40 PM [ Last Update: Friday, 19 August 2016 12:40 PM ]

This file photo taken on November 16, 2015 shows a Saudi F-15 fighter jet landing at the Khamis Mushayt military airbase, some 880 km from the capital Riyadh, as the Saudi army conducts operations over Yemen. ©AFP

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