Middle East

Doctors Without Borders Hospital Bombed In Yemen

Over the weekend, a hospital in Yemen was bombed and five people were killed. It's not clear who's responsible for the attack, but it is part of an alarming trend: It's the third attack on a hospital in as many months. NPR's Kelly McEvers talks to Jose Antonio Bastos of Doctors Without Borders or MSF, which runs the hospital that was hit.
Trucks from the International Committee of the Red Cross, working alongside the Syrian Arab Red Crescent and the United Nations, carry food, medical items, blankets and other materials into the Syrian town of Madaya on Monday.

Aid Convoys Arrive In Besieged Syrian Villages

by Merrit Kennedy

A U.N.-brokered deal allowed supplies into the towns under siege by the Syrian regime. In the town of Madaya, food aid has been blocked since October and there have been reports of starvation deaths.