(MENAFN) (MENAFN) Saudi Arabia-led coalition said that it would give USD1.5 billion to Yemen in a new humanitarian aid, where it is supporting the internationally recognized government against Iran-aligned Houthis in a three-year-old civil war.
The US-backed alliance, which also includes the United Arab Emirates, said it will operate an air bridge to Marib, set up 17 overland corridors for aid deliveries and leads the growth of additional Yemeni ports to receive humanitarian and essential cargo.
Spokesman Colonel Turki al-Maliki said "We are backing a professionally planned and detailed humanitarian mission with military power and precision to guarantee that the humanitarian aid reaches the people who need it to lift their suffering."
Yemen is the world's worst humanitarian disaster, where 8.3 million people are entirely reliant 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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