A Saudi source announced on Tuesday that the Kingdom would provide the Yemeni Presidential Council with $1.2 billion to support the country’s faltering economy.
Fighting has largely ceased with the Iran-allied Houthi militias in North Yemen over the past year, but the internationally recognized government based in Aden suffers due to currency devaluation and rising prices.
The situation in Aden and southern Yemen, in particular, has deteriorated since the Houthi militias targeted oil tankers at southern oil stations with several drone attacks, thereby preventing the government from exporting crude oil from there.
The Saudi source stated that the support would contribute to enhancing security and preventing military clashes. The source added that this would encourage all parties to engage in dialogue to reach a comprehensive political solution to the Yemeni crisis.
A Yemeni official said that the aid would be used to pay government salaries, provide fuel for power stations, and support food imports.
From a humanitarian perspective, Saudi mobile hospitals and clinics continue to provide their medical services in Yemen. The King Salman Relief Center’s mobile medical clinic in the Wa’alan camp for displaced people in the Hajjah province provided its therapeutic services, as reported by the Saudi Press Agency (SPA).
The clinic served 284 beneficiaries from July 12 to 18, 2023, including 144 patients in the epidemic disease clinic, 75 in the emergency clinic, 52 in the internal clinic, and 13 in the reproductive health clinic. Two beneficiaries attended the awareness and education department.
In related services, 60 patients visited the nursing services department, two waste disposal activities were carried out, medicines were distributed to 291 individuals, and seven people visited the surgical and dressing clinic.
The King Salman Relief Center’s mobile medical clinics in the Abs district of the Hajjah province continued to provide their therapeutic services to beneficiaries.
From July 12 to 18, the clinics served 229 beneficiaries, including 64 in the epidemic disease clinic, 16 in the emergency cases clinic, 140 in the internal clinic, and two beneficiaries visited the awareness and education department.
In related services, 119 people visited the nursing services clinic, two waste disposal activities were carried out, medicines were distributed to 233 patients, and four people visited the surgical and dressing clinic.
