Aggressors Pledge $500 Million Aid for Yemen

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, which together lead a coalition of Arab states launching a deadly war on Yemen and destroyed much of the impoverished country, pledged a $500 million food aid program for Yemen on Tuesday.

The program was announced by Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al-Rabi’ah, general supervisor of Saudi Arabia’s King Salman Center for Humanitarian Relief and Works, at a joint press conference in Riyadh with Reem al-Hashimy, UAE Minister of State for International Cooperation, Reuters reported.

In March 2015, Saudi Arabia and its allies launched a brutal war against Yemen in an attempt to reinstall the country’s former Riyadh-allied regime.

The Western-backed war, however, has so far failed to achieve its stated goals, thanks to stiff resistance from Yemeni epople.

The offensive, coupled with a naval blockade, has destroyed Yemen's infrastructure and led to famine as well as a cholera outbreak in the import-dependent state.

Tens of thousands of people have also lost their lives in the conflict.