UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon condemned recent airstrikes by the Saudi-led military coalition against the medical and humanitarian facilities operated by Medecins sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders, or MSF) in Yemen.
UNITED NATIONS (Sputnik) � On Wednesday, at�least seven people were wounded in�Saudi-led attack on�a non-combatant MSF facility in�the southwestern Yemeni city of�Taiz.

"The Secretary-General condemns the airstrikes today by�the Saudi-led Coalition on�a mobile health clinic run by�M�decins Sans Fronti�res (MSF) in�Taiz city, Yemen� He had condemned an earlier incident on�27 October during�which a hospital run by�MSF in�Sa�ada province was hit by�airstrikes," the United Nations said in�a statement Wednesday.

He pointed out�that medical facilities and personnel are not military combatants and are under�the protection of�international and humanitarian law.

Yemen has been engulfed in�a military conflict between�the government and the Houthi opposition faction for�over a year.

Since March, a Saudi-led coalition has been carrying out�airstrikes against�Houthi positions at�the request of�Yemen�s President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi.

In October, an MSF hospital in�the capital Saada was bombed while staff and patients were inside�the building. The MSF believes the coalition was responsible for�the incident, and the coalition forces have denied the accusations.

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