Turkish Red Crescent sends food aid to war-weary Yemen

<p>By Shoukry Hussein</p> <p>ADEN, Yemen (AA) – The Turkish Red Crescent (TRC) has distributed more than 8,000 food packages to refugees and students in Yemen's Maarib and Al-Jawf provinces.</p> <p>The TRC distributed the packages on Monday in cooperation with the Kuwait-run Istijabah charitable foundation.</p> <p>Mustafa Aydin, a TRC official, told Anadolu Agency that the aid had been distributed to refugees hailing from Yemen’s Sanaa, Al-Hudaydah, Taiz, Hajjah, Saada and Rimah provinces.</p> <p>Yemen has been wracked by chaos since 2014, when the Houthi rebel group overran much of the country, including capital Sanaa. </p> <p>The crisis escalated in 2015 when a Saudi-led military coalition launched a devastating air campaign aimed at rolling back Houthi gains.</p> <p>Since then, thousands of people — including numerous civilians — are believed to have been killed in the conflict, while the UN has repeatedly warned that some 14 million Yemenis remain at risk of famine.</p> <p>Turkey is a major contributor of humanitarian aid to the crisis-stricken country.</p> <p><br></p> <p>*Writing by Mahmoud Barakat</p>

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