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This file photo taken on March 16, 2016, shows Yemeni men carrying food aid provided by the World Food Program (WFP). (AFP)

WFP Admits Transferring Rotten Wheat Aid to Aden

by Abdul Hadi Habtor | May 3, 2017 | Middle East

Riyadh – The Yemen Society for Consumer Protection (YACP) has said that 32,000 tons of rotten wheat, which was grown in the US, have been sent to Yemen. The YACP obtained a report and photographs of a World Food Program (WFP) ship, which was unloading rotten wheat in...

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Displaced children in Yemen (Photo: AFP)

Over Half of Yemen’s Population in Food Crisis

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 16, 2017 | Middle East

Taiz- A UN-backed report on Yemen has found that 60 percent of Yemenis, or 17 million people, are in “crisis” or “emergency” food situations, 20 percent more than in June, saying there was no full-blown famine. The World Food Program said in a...

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Displaced Iraqi women who just fled their home,rest in the desert as they wait to be transported while Iraqi forces battle with ISIS militants in western Mosul, Iraq February 27, 2017. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra

Iraqi Forces Seize Mosul Bridge after Fierce Battles

by Dalshad Abdullah | Feb 28, 2017 | Middle East

Mosul – Iraqi forces seized on Monday the fourth bridge of Mosul and purged it from ISIS in a major step towards restoring control over the whole city. “Forces have laid hands on the major link between al-Tayran district and Dawasah,” said Federal Police Chief...

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A general view shows a meeting of the United Nations Security Council at the U.N. headquarters in New York April 16, 2010. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

O’Brien Says around 700,000 Live under Siege in Syria

by Jordan Dakamseh | Jan 27, 2017 | Middle East

New York- The U.N. Security Council held a session on Thursday on the humanitarian situation in Syria and heard briefings from U.N. Emergency Relief Coordinator Stephen O’Brien alongside senior officials from the World Food Program and the World Health Organization....

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King Salman Relief Center Signs a $10 Million Fund to WFP

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 26, 2016 | Saudi Arabia

Rome- The Saudi-based King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre announced its official support and funding of the international World Food Programme’s efforts in Yemen, by providing a much needed $10 million fund upon royal directives ordered by King Salman Bin...