Saudi-led coalition to give $1.5 bln in Yemen aid

Record ID: 980304

  • Title: Saudi-led coalition to give $1.5 bln in Yemen aid
  • Date: 22nd January 2018
  • Summary: RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA (JANUARY 22, 2018) (REUTERS) ***WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** VARIOUS OF FOREIGN MINISTERS OF MEMBER STATES OF COALITION TO RESTORE LEGITIMACY IN YEMEN POSING FOR GROUP PHOTO SIGN READING (English and Arabic): "MEETING OF THE FOREIGN MINISTERS OF THE MEMBER STATES IN THE COALITION TO RESTORE LEGITIMACY IN YEMEN" YEMENI OFFICIAL SEATED OFFICIALS PREPARING FOR MEETING BAHRAINI FOREIGN MINISTER SHEIKH KHALID BIN AHMED AL-KHALIFA SENEGAL'S FOREIGN MINISTER SIDIKI KABA OFFICIAL FROM KUWAIT SEATED / EGYPTIAN OFFICIAL SEATED OFFICIALS PREPARING FOR MEETING VARIOUS OF SAUDI ARABIA'S FOREIGN MINISTER ADEL AL-JUBEIR TALKING TO HIS ADVISER PHOTOGRAPHERS TAKING PICTURES (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) SAUDI ARABIA'S FOREIGN MINISTER, ADEL AL-JUBEIR, SAYING: "The amount (of aid to Yemen) exceeds a billion dollars. As you know, our countries have provided very big humanitarian aid (to Yemen). The kingdom of Saudi Arabia has provided more than 900 million dollars as humanitarian aid to Yemen. The support has exceeded 8 billion dollars in the past few years." MEETING IN PROGRESS UNITED ARAB EMIRATES FOREIGN MINISTER SHEIKH ABDULLAH BIN ZAYED AL-NAHAYAN MILITARY DELEGATIONS SEATED MEDIA LEAVING CONFERENCE ROOM
  • Embargoed: 5th February 2018 20:04
  • Keywords: conflict in Yemen Saudi-led coalition humanitarian aid for Yemen Houthis in Yemen civil war in Yemen
  • Location: RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA
  • City: RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA
  • Country: Saudi Arabia
  • Topics: Diplomacy/Foreign Policy,Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA0017Z73JGN
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:A military coalition led by Saudi Arabia said on Monday (January 22) it would commit $1.5 billion (£1.07 billion) in new humanitarian aid for Yemen, where it is supporting the internationally recognised government against Iran-aligned Houthis in a three-year-old civil war.
    Speaking at the meeting of the foreign ministers of the member states in The Coalition to Restore legitimacy in Yemen, Saudi Arabia' Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir said the coalition's help over the past few years had exceeded 8 billion dollars.
    The announcement comes as Saudi Arabia and its allies face mounting criticism - including from the United States - over the civilian toll of Yemen's conflict, in which more than 10,000 people have been killed by coalition air strikes and by fighting on the ground.
    The U.S.-backed alliance, which includes the United Arab Emirates, said it had already completed the first aid flight of a new air bridge to the central city of Marib and had set up 17 overland corridors for aid shipments.
    Yemen is the world's worst humanitarian crisis, where 8.3 million people are entirely dependent on external food aid and 400,000 children suffer from severe acute malnutrition, a potentially lethal condition, according to the United Nations.
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