Kuwait sends $5 mln medical aid to Yemen

The Kuwaiti Supreme Committee for Relief (KSCR) announced that medical aid worth $5 million arrived in Yemen to be distributed to Yemenis in a bid to alleviate their suffering.

In a press statement Thursday, Dr Mohammad Al-Sharhan, head of heath committee affiliated to the KSCR, said a shipment of medicines arrived at Aden Airport and will be distributed to hospitals and medical centers in the southern governorates across the country.

The shipment consisting of 13 huge containers comes in implementation of a complete relief plan for Yemenis, he said, revealing His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad AlJaber Al-Sabah allocated a sum of $100 million for this relief.

The plan of health committee works on providing medicines for patients and rehabilitating health infrastructure of Yemen’s hospitals and medical centers, he noted.

Some medical teams were dispatched to that Arab country to treat and care for its patients, he said, expressing his gratitude to His Highness the Amir for his care for Yemenis so as to alleviate their suffering.

At least 24 rebels were killed Thursday in Saudi-led coalition air strikes and attacks by pro-government forces in Yemen’s south, military sources said.

Coalition jets bombed two rebel troops carriers north of Damt, the second largest city in Daleh province, which Iran-backed Shiite Huthi rebels and their allies recaptured on Saturday.

The strikes left 13 rebels dead and several others wounded, said Ali Moqbel Saleh, the commander of a loyalist military camp in the region.

Elsewhere in the same region, 11 rebels were killed in two ambushes on their convoys by fighters loyal to exiled President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi, another military source said.

AFP could not confirm these tolls from independent sources and the rebels rarely acknowledge their losses. (Agencies)