by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Oct 4, 2017 | World
After having visited the storm-hit US island, United States President Donald Trump is expected to present a request to Congress for a $29 billion package of emergency relief for Puerto Rico, officials told AFP on Wednesday. No specific details were given as to when...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 28, 2017 | Middle East
Cairo- The Egyptian Foreign Ministry has denied prior knowledge of the US administration’s decision to cut aid to Egypt. Foreign Ministry spokesman Ahmed Abo Zaid said that Cairo was notified only hours before the decision’s announcement. Washington decided earlier to...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 12, 2017 | Middle East
Taiz – Yemeni Minister of Local Administration and Chairman of the Higher Committee for Relief Abdul Raqib Fatah, said that Houthi and Saleh militias confiscating aid convoys and creating customs facilities in the capital Sana’a are a terrorist crime. “Citizens...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 29, 2017 | Saudi Arabia
Geneva – Abdullah al-Rabeeah, supervisor general of the King Salman Center for Humanitarian Aid and Relief (KSRelief), said that Saudi Arabia has shown great interest in supporting the humanitarian condition in Yemen through the center and that all Yemeni...
by Nayef al-Rasheed and Aharq Al-Awsat | Apr 26, 2017 | Middle East
Riyadh, Geneva – International donors pledged to offer $1.1 billion during Tuesday’s high-level event, raising more than half of the $2.1 billion needed to address the humanitarian crisis in the country during 2017. United Nations Secretary General Antonio...
