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Journalists Are One of Saudi Targets, always clear in admitting it

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During a Saudi-Led Coalition ministers meeting in Jeddah, where the ministers discussed media strategies on how to cover and challenge media coverage of the coming Saudi-UAE attack on the port of Hodeida, they threat many Journalists and international media likes MintPress, which covers war n Yemen

“ There is a reason independent media is under attack — because we challenge the powers that be and hold war criminals accountable. Independent journalism like MintPress is necessary in keeping the masses informed, which is why there is such a concerted effort to censor outlets like ours and suppress our reach by Google and Facebook.” said Mnar Muhawesh, founder of MintPress News

Since 2015, when Saudi-led Coaltion launched a militry compaign, 180 journalist were killed by Saudi-Coaltion Forces a ccording to a report by the Union of Yemeni Journalists. Also a YemenExtra`s Journalist Ahmed AbdulKareem, who also cover war on Yemen for MintPress was injuered when he was covering Saudi airstrikes against AlMasirah office in Saada on June 2015

After coalition`s threaten have taken place, the journalists in Yemen who compelled to take the risks, to go deeper to tell the stories to can better understand what is happening in Yemen, are often at great danger to themselves. In much cases, they get too close and tragically from death, but But that did not deter them from doing their work