The Obama administration will boost humanitarian help for Yemen by $29.6 million, providing the country with $42.5 this year, the White House announced on Thursday.
The aid will be used to provide food, water, and health care to Yemenis, who were displaced in the country’s civil war. Up to 300,000 civilians lost their homes as a result of the conflict between northern and southern Yemen.
“We are deeply troubled by reports of fresh outbreaks of fighting in Sa’ada, and urge full compliance with the ceasefire agreement announced in February, and an end to the violence,“ said the White House in a statement.
The United States also urged other donors to support the humanitarian agencies operating in Yemen.
The Yemen government has been fighting Houthi rebels in northern Yemen for the past six years.
Yemen also became a base for al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula in January 2009. Members of the terrorist group include some former Guantanamo Bay detainees from Saudi Arabia.
Al-Qaeda in Yemin also allegedly trained a Nigerian man named Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab, who attempted to detonate a homemade explosive aboard an airplane destined for Detroit on Dec. 25, 2009.
The aid will be used to provide food, water, and health care to Yemenis, who were displaced in the country’s civil war. Up to 300,000 civilians lost their homes as a result of the conflict between northern and southern Yemen.
“We are deeply troubled by reports of fresh outbreaks of fighting in Sa’ada, and urge full compliance with the ceasefire agreement announced in February, and an end to the violence,“ said the White House in a statement.
The United States also urged other donors to support the humanitarian agencies operating in Yemen.
The Yemen government has been fighting Houthi rebels in northern Yemen for the past six years.
Yemen also became a base for al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula in January 2009. Members of the terrorist group include some former Guantanamo Bay detainees from Saudi Arabia.
Al-Qaeda in Yemin also allegedly trained a Nigerian man named Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab, who attempted to detonate a homemade explosive aboard an airplane destined for Detroit on Dec. 25, 2009.
