The Emirates Red Crescent continues to provide aid to liberated areas in Yemen.- Wam file photo
Shabwa (Yemen) - The UAE's primary humanitarian aid provider distributed a total of 6,000 food baskets among the people.
Published: Sun 4 Mar 2018, 8:00 PM
Updated: Sun 4 Mar 2018, 10:58 PM
The UAE, for the fourth day running, continued distribution of humanitarian aid among the people of Yemeni governorate of Shabwa.
The Emirates Red Crescent, the UAE's primary humanitarian aid provider, on Friday distributed a total of 6,000 food baskets among the people of the liberated governorate in line with the directives of the UAE leadership to stand by the brotherly Yemeni people and support the cities recently liberated from the Iran-backed coup perpetrators.
Mohamed Saif Al Muhairi, ERC Representative in Shabwa, said the UAE relief team provided food supplies to the people of Al Musain'a and Yasheem districts and the villages in Al Sa'eed directorate.
He reiterated the UAE's determination to continue its humanitarian campaigns in support for the people of Shabwa and respond to their urgent needs in keeping with the noble values cultivated by the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan and the directives of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
For his part, Saleh bin Farid Al Awlaqi, a prominent shaikh of Shabwa, has commended the role played by the UAE under the leadership of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa and His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, for the sake of Yemeni people and their crucial support to Yemen's essential infrastructure sector.
He spoke high of the impressive successes achieved as part of the 'Operation Decisive Sword' launched by the Saudi-led Arab Coalition Forces which has resulted in the liberation of Al Sa'eed Directorate.
He highlighted the role played by the elite Shabwa Forces in securing the delivery of aid supplies provided by the ERC.