Riyadh sets US$2.3 billion target for Yemen donor meet
The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen is widely blamed for civilian casualties in bombing raids that campaigners say have pushed the country deeper into crisis. – EPA pic, June 2, 2020.
SAUDI Arabia seeks to raise US$2.3 billion from an emergency donor conference today to support war-battered Yemen as it faces a coronavirus catastrophe in the sixth year of the kingdom’s military intervention. The virtual conference, which Riyadh is co-hosting with the United Nations, comes as aid groups warned that the fast-spreading Covid-19 could wreak havoc after years of war and amid crippling funding shortages.
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