WASHINGTON, 10 August 2021, (TON): The State Department said “the US envoy to Yemen, Tim Lenderking, announced nearly $165 million in new humanitarian assistance for Yemen.

The statement said “the funding, issued from the US Agency for International Development (USAID) “will provide lifesaving aid for Yemenis continuing to face humanitarian crisis after almost seven years of war that has left 20 million people struggling to survive without basic necessities, including more than two million young children facing deadly malnutrition.”

The aid will go toward helping the UN World Food Program to continue providing emergency food assistance to more than 11 million people every month.

The USAID called on other donors to step up their contributions to help deliver critical assistance to the Yemeni people, but said “the US reiterates that only a political agreement can address the root causes of the crisis in the war-torn country.”

USAID said “the United States calls on all parties to the conflict to end the fighting and ensure needs do not continue to worsen.”

It said “aid from the international community has so far prevented people from slipping into famine, the recent escalation of violence in Marib is only increasing humanitarian needs as it threatens to displace hundreds of thousands of people, placing further strain on an already stretched humanitarian response.”