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Kuwaiti aid worth USD 53 million trickled into Yemen on Sunday, setting in motion the third batch of emergency assistance the Gulf country has earmarked for the war-torn nation.
The third phase of a Kuwaiti aid campaign christened, “Kuwait is By Your Side,” encompasses 17 Yemeni provinces and includes educational, healthcare and food aid, read a statement issued by the joint Yemeni and Kuwaiti Relief Authority.
Kuwait launched the aid campaign to provide much needed aid for Yemen as the country is languishing amid a grinding civil war.
It is worth noting that Kuwait is part of a coalition of Arab countries lead by Saudi Arabia launching a military campaign against Yemen since March 2015 in an attempt to reinstall the former Yemeni regime.
The offensive has claimed 12,000 lives and left 19,343 others wounded, according to figures compiled by the Legal Center for Rights and Development, a Yemeni non-governmental monitoring group.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by Website Team
