UN Says Donors Pledge $1.35 Billion in Humanitarian Aid to Yemen

UN Says Donors Pledge $1.35 Billion in Humanitarian Aid to Yemen
A man wearing a protective mask buys corn from a street vendor at a market amid novel coronavirus spread concerns in the old quarter of Sanaa, Yemen on June 2, 2020. Khaled Abdullah/Reuters
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DUBAI—International donors raised $1.35 billion in humanitarian aid for Yemen on June 2, although the amount fell short of the United Nations’ target of $2.4 billion needed to save the world’s biggest aid operation from severe cutbacks.

The conflict between a Saudi-led coalition and the Iran-aligned Houthi group has left 80 percent of Yemen’s population reliant on aid. The country now faces the spread of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, commonly known as novel coronavirus, among acutely malnourished people.