[Uncle Miltie]

The boldest statement of that philosophy appeared last year when MSF published Humanitarian Negotiations Revealed, a self-exposé disclosing that MSF paid an Al Qaeda-affiliated militia a $10,000-per-project registration fee to continue working in Somalia. And, to remain in Yemen, MSF had to apologize to the government for (deservedly) listing Yemen as one of 2009’s top ten humanitarian crises.

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[mojito]

MSF is certainly not agenda-free, as you demonstrate, but I don't have any evidence that they've taken sides in this particular conflict. However, their report on sarin use in Damascus is the only “independent” confirmation of a chemical weapons attack that I've seen.